Rawle Thomas was one of a few Guyanese 

Aboard Cubana Flight 455 which on June 11, 1976

Crashed because of a terrorist attack

Killing all 78 people on board

He was was the smartest of us all

That studied long and hard 

And became a delight to our hearts

His academic performance

While at Queen’s College was exemplary

Which won him many accolades

On this ill-fated Cubana jet he was flying

Scholarship in hand 

To attend medical school in Cuba

All Guyanese were shocked by the news 

Of their plane that tumbled out of the sky

Scattering their bones off the coast of Barbadoes

A barbadian pointed out their resting place

While contemplating the small ripples of the Caribbean Sea

As the anniversary passed

In Guyana, the story was told again and again

Of a CIA link with two anti-Castro Cuban exiles

That bombed the Douglas DC-8

Many of the others that died were Cuban nationals

Rawle was killed at 19

Leaving behind a youthful legacy

Of working hard, and helping, to build a better Guyana