Marconi, Marconi
The genius inventor Marconi
In the land of fedoras and tasty spumoni
There lived a young genius whose name was Marconi
He'd tinker and daydream and read through the day
"Go do something useful!" His father would say
Now scientists then were already aware
That electrical waves could be sent through the air
Which soon led his curious brain to inquire
"Could messages somehow be sent without wire?"
So he took to his lab and succeeded quite well
With a gadget that set off a far-away bell
He showed it to experts who told him "dear boy,
It won't work long distance, it's only a toy!"
Now he could have just put it away on a shelf
But Marconi decided "I'll see for myself!"
It worked and it transmitted farther each day
When he showed it in England it blew them away
He built them a radio system for ships
To stay in close contact on long ocean trips
As he added new stations his company grew
Til all over Europe the messages flew
He then built antennas so strong and gigantic
Their signals could travel across the Atlantic
He soon became rich, he was known far and wide
"A-that's-a my boy!" Said his father with pride
As others then built on his bold innovations
They gave us our popular radio stations
The airwaves are busy and that's no baloney
Because of the brains of Guillermo Marconi
Marconi, Marconi, the genius inventor Marconi