^{(For Henry “Red” Allen, 1908-1967 and Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, 1901-1971)}

Red is blowing, feet set, knees bent, horn strutting.
Henry called home New Orleans’ Algiers section.

Louis called home NOLA’s “The Battlefield.”
Algiers was called “The Brooklyn of the South.”

Brooklyn College named Satchmo “Doctor of Swing.”
The boys were born to swing seven years apart.

Louis swung first. Home plus jazz shaped close friends.
Satch would say, “Yeah, tonight Red’s really blowing!”

Yeah, Red could blow his horn with anyone.
Armstrong’s great hit was “What a Wonderful World.”

The year Wonderful World first sang; Red stopped.
New Orleans created “Louis Armstrong Park.”

Algiers baptized Red’s old street “Red Allen Way.”
Red is blowing, feet set, knees bent, horn strutting.