The Ambassador

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier

She became Jackie Kennedy

Spent her childhood in N.Y.C.

She had such beauty and dandy

 

Mr.JFK swooned

When he laid eyes on Bouvier

He was smitten from there

and knew his wife was in the near

 

On a September day

people rejoiced as church bells rang

for the new Kennedy’s

Jackie’s face beamed and her heart sang

 

Then the campaign began

Youngest First Lady she would be

Death came for JFK

But don’t worry for Jackie Lee

 

Then she found love again

Aristotle Onassis named

And they lived happily

until once again Death too came

 

Widowed for twice a time

She buried Onasis to rest

While she heard the bells chime

She went to work to do her best

 

She became a writer

An editor at forty-six

She left after three years

But she always stayed in the mix

 

Her life’s work still lives on

In the culture of Washington

From the White House Garden

to the magnificent fountain

 

Jacqueline Lee Kennedy

Has left a legacy behind

for others to follow

Remember to keep her in mind