Mr. Hodgkin got real itchy And then he got a cough And when he drank some alcohol His chest felt simply awful Fevers came and went for him He was sweaty every night At least I’m losing weight, he thought And I didn’t even try! They took him to a Doctor Who drew some blood and stuff Lymphopenia was present And eosinophils too much On chest X-ray they found A mediastinal mass And sampling revealed Reed-Sternberg cells on glass Mr. Hodgkin was aghast He said, how could this happen? It could have been your mom or dad But was probably infection With a virus labeled EBV That would make you feel fatigued But fortunately, for Mr. Hodgkins The treatments were effective Five years on, he was still fine Just as we all expected.
