Of Old Fashioned Wisdom

Of old fashioned wisdom I stand in defence Old sayings to me do make a whole pile of sense Old pearls of wisdom that have been passed down From the very wise deceased elders of the town They were not college educated as many are today But they were quite wise and clever in their own way The gift of life from them has forever gone But the wisdom in their words destined to live on Of the high achievers of today we read of and hear about And though many of them highly educated their depth of wisdom in doubt And though the praises of them many do like to sing Bookish knowledge from wisdom is a different thing Old fashioned wisdom seems similar to old fashioned rhyme In that many see it as belonging to another time.