EARTH DAY 2005
A Senator thought, "Earth Day"
That a President empowered
It was the germ of the idea
That ultimately flowered.
An idea by Gaylord Nelson
Back in Nineteen sixty-two
Who asked the Kennedy's about it
And the Brothers liked it too.
The President began a tour
In Nineteen sixty-three
To put it on the agenda
But, it wasn't meant to be.
Nelson didn't let it die
With the assassination
He knew that people cared
All across this Great Nation.
There were demonstrations
Against the War and other things
So at a conference in Seattle
Nelson said, he'd pull some strings.
Springing up from the Grassroots
In the Spring of Seventy
A demonstration for Nature
And Nationwide Conservancy.
Our Earth's Environment
Was finally placed on the table
And People everywhere
Began to do what they were able.
Now celebrated round the World
As more People learn and see
If we don't take care of it
Our World will someday cease to be.