Fred Never Was

In life by those who set standards he may not have done well But Fred of his life has some good stories to tell When he scored the winning goal for the football club on a long gone Grand Final Day He was the hero of the Town and for him many a loud hooray Fred never was a father or he never had a wife But he is one who did have many women in his life In the local public bar he spend most of his weekly pay Perhaps one of the reasons that any woman with him did not stay For most women like financial security something that Fred to them could not give Now in a basement flat in the east end of Town on his own he does live Fred he turned eighty two on the fourth of May Down at the pub with his younger drinking mates he celebrated his birthday Though in his early eighties he enjoys the bar-room atmosphere And he is always happy when he is drinking beer.