[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21735]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO STEVE IRWIN

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                         HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 29, 2006

  Mr. McCAUL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit the 
following poem for the Record.

                      Those Aren't Crocodile Tears

                       (By Albert Carey Caswell)

     Those aren't Crocodile Tears!
     Those are real! As it's for their great fine friend, such 
           heartache they now feel!
     As the Crocodiles all in prayer, throughout the world so 
           prepare . . . for their hero to so kneel . . .

     As this day our Hearts Lie Down Under,
     As The World and her Animal Kingdom have lost their great 
           thunder, their fine son of wonder!
     As The Lions they too so mourn, for this man of love so warm, 
           their Savior . . . as they stop to ponder.

     All the Animals are crying, as upon them their tears now lay 
           lying
     All because this their fine Hero, their True Champion . . . 
           their True Friend lays dying
     All of those sad elephant's ears are drooping, in the oceans 
           . . . the whales, sad songs are crying!

     But, Steve you will never be extinct,
     Forever in our hearts, in our souls, in our minds, in our 
           memories, you'll live on as of you we so think!
     With you, life was all it's crocked up to be . . . with your 
           heart of happiness ever to us such joy did bring.

     FULL OUT, from life you never sipped, but drank . . . as how 
           a life should be lived as no doubt,
     With the heart of a child, as you lived To So Save The Wild . 
           . . showing us all what living is all about!
     Because you loved and so cared, as with the World your Aussie 
           heart of a lion so shared throughout.

     You Steve, You Great Big Koala Bear . . . Our Teddy Bear of 
           Love . . . A Ray of Light . . .
     A Thing of Joy, Reaching For The Stars . . . What is Right! A 
           Shooting Star, So Very Bright!
     You thought you were just a bloke, I think not! . . . God, 
           put you on this earth to bring your light!

     To Teach Us!
     To So Deep Inside, In All Of Our Hearts To So Reach Us!
     To show us all the true meaning of love and life, husband & 
           wife, child or crocodile, you beseeched Us!

     Oh Crockeeee, Oh how you showed us how life should be lived,
     As to this our world, and her entire animal kingdom . . . Oh 
           Crockeeee, the gifts to her you'd give!
     You are gone, but not forgotten . . . as forever and a day 
           upon this earth in our hearts you shall live!

     For once, you were The King of The Jungle . . .
     But, more so . . . A Prince of Love and Peace . . . of 
           kindness, of what it is in our world she so surely 
           needs.
     For on this day, with your loss in so many ways, all God's 
           Children and his Animals now for you so bleed.

     Because, to our world you never took . . . You Gave!
     In your life, and most magnificent family . . . the meaning 
           of love . . . you so portrayed!
     As The World & her most beloved Animals you so fought for to 
           save, as was your fine life's crusade.

     Steve, today . . . you're reached the Top!
     As an Angel in The Army of our Lord, fighting for the 
           destruction of the Animal Kingdom to so stop!
     The first thing you will do, is return to earth to that 
           stingray who killed you . . . and let his heart not 
           sob.

     But, the hardest pain of all . . .
     Is what all of us so saw, how much you loved your family and 
           they so too you!
     Knowing, that little girl and boy, and fine wife and loved 
           ones, will together miss such splendid joy . . . You!

     But, really you're not gone!
     As they will carry you in their hearts from dusk to dawn!
     Until, the years pass by . . . and together with tears in 
           eyes . . . in Heaven you'll rejoin and will live on!
     Those aren't Crocodile Tears!

     Dedicated To A Most Magnificent Man . . . who taught all of 
           The World's Animal Kingdom
     A Messenger to all of us from Our Lord, about Love, Life and 
           Living!
     Crockeeee . . . God Bless You Steve, May your Family find 
           peace!

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