Old John Looking Well

Though he smokes cigarettes and drinks lots of beer and wine Old John looking well for one of eighty nine That healthy eating and drinking makes for a long life he does belie Despite poor diet and his addictions of old age he will die Alone in his old age but happy in his life He never fathered children though he did have a wife She died in her late fifties three decades ago Of cancer her end it was painful and slow On saturday night at the pub when merry he leads in the sing song And his younger mates around him with him sing along The great joy of life the old man does embrace Without him the local would be a dull place A huge birthday for him is not far away He will turn ninety on the fifteenth of May.