English Jim

With ten great grandchildren old Jim balding and gray Says i don't care much where my last remains will lay In my early eighties i have known of a better day The one with the scythe of death will soon come reaping my way He arrived by ship from Southampton in England in nineteen sixty five With the spirit of adventure young and carefree and the enthusiasm for life in him alive In England he had served his apprenticeship in the building trade Australia as a big Country with wide open spaces for him was readymade In his first six years in Australia he travelled far and wide In shearing sheds he shore sheep in the outback in the big countryside And he worked in pipelines and building sites in towns and cities in Adelaide he met Kate to be his wife She bore him two daughters and a son the great love of his life It has been a decade of years since Kate breathed her last She died of a major heart attack death came on her fast He grieved for her for many months though time heals mental pain Fond memories and photographs are all of her he does retain English Jim from Southampton he is a nice old bloke He enjoys his beer in the local pub and does laugh at every joke In his distinctive English accent he has been known to say That he really does not care that much where his last remains will lay.