GOLDEN HAIRED LITTLE GIRL


 She was born In nineteen twenty eight, a star 
 She would soon be,

 This golden haired little girl with a pout that 
 Could melt anyone's heart.

 She would sing and dance, shaking her golden curls  
 All about,

 A beautiful little child, a star growing up back 
 In the thirties.

 There has never been a child star like her and 
 Never will be again,

 Her smile would light up any room, she lived In a  
 Time of depression.

 World war two was closing In but her movies could
 Take away the struggles

 Of everyone's pain from those days, you could go away, 
 If only for a moment.

 What a life for a girl named Shirley, so young when 
 The whole world knew her,

 In a time of great entertainers, a changing world, 
 Shirley Temple was around.

 She grew up to be a woman but the little girl would 
 Go on to live forever,

 Her movies will never go away so she will live In our 
 Hearts always.

 Here's to you golden haired little girl, In heaven  
 You'll be again that little girl.


                   Keith  Garrett