Member of The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers & The Songwriters Guild of America

Member of Nashville Songwriters Association International & Tennessee Songwriters Association International

1996 & 1997 International Society of Poets "International Poet of Merit" Award Winner & "Poet of the Year" Nominee

Elected by the Board of Directors of The National Library of Poetry to The International Poetry Hall of Fame (1997)

I love this land… my native country

The best on earth… our U.S.A.

I'm mighty proud of where I come from

From my "Uncle Sam" I'd never go astray

I don't abide with false pretenses

The working-class is who I am

My simple life fulfills my senses

I've been priv'leged to be born American

I love this land the Good Lord Blesses

Love my Grand Canyon and Grand Forks

My only Paris is in Texas

My Greece and Rome… upstate New York

Our sacred rights we cherish dearly

This legacy we owe our brave

I thank those souls who most sincerely

Their young lives for us they all so nobly gave

I love this land the Good Lord Blesses

Love my Grand Canyon and Grand Forks

My only Paris is in Texas

My Greece and Rome… upstate New York

As liberty... strength... hope and justice

Hold us admired around the world

No sight can touch my heart as much as

When I see our sweet "Old Glory" fly unfurled

I love this land the Good Lord Blesses

Love my Grand Canyon and Grand Forks

My only Paris is in Texas

My Greece and Rome… upstate New York

I love this land the Good Lord Blesses

Love my Grand Canyon and Grand Forks

My only Paris is in Texas

My Greece and Rome… upstate New York