Prince of Poa Annua

He first jumped ship in Hong Kong and headed for Tibet

Got on as a looper through some monks that he had met

He gave them his credentials as a caddy and a jock

Then they told him that the Dalai Lama wants to talk

12th son of the Lama with flowing robes and bald

Not much of a tipper but he sure could hit it far

He whacked it in a crevasse 380 off the tee

Then “gunga galunga” echoed to the sea

Years later at Augusta and a birdie for the win

The Prince hit his two-iron but caught it a little thin

Chunked a five from 350 got him to 195

He holed an eight-iron a mirac’ the tears were in his eyes

Now the Prince of Poa Annua writes his memoirs in Havana

And talks about a life misunderstood

He still hates that varmit scum and Bushwood’s number one

He’s Hemingway and Kerouac in boots

It was the greens in Georgia that inspired him to breed

Kentucky bluegrass and Featherbed with sticky Humboldt weed

Play 36 all day get bejesus-belt at night

He made a fortune when Colorado saw the light

He used to hunt the gophers with a rifle and some beer

But a fondness for C-4 explosives hindered his career

He remained first assistant he couldn’t pass the test

His dream of head greenskeeper was finally laid to rest

He turned his mirrors on Bushwood when his hybrid hit the mint

He headed down to Cuba on a reference Smails had sent

Now Ty Webb comes to visit and they hit the cannonball

He married Lacey when she fled rehab in the fall

Now the Prince of Poa Annua writes his memoirs in Havana

And talks about a life misunderstood

He still hates that varmit scum and Bushwood’s number one

He’s Hemingway and Kerouac in boots

Now his life still has troubles and some days he feels dread

But he knows when he dies he’ll have total consciousness just like the Llama said

Now the Prince of Poa Annua writes his memoirs in Havana

And talks about a life misunderstood

He still hates that varmit scum and Bushwood’s number one

He’s Hemmingway and Kerouac in boots

He’s like if Hemingway met Kerouac in boots