The Ex Shearing Champ

Age has left him grayer and frailer and slow The three times champion shearer at Warrnambool show But that is going back some four decades ago Time eventually does become everyone's foe The top shearer in every shed that he shore in when in his prime He has become one more victim of time Of life he has lived ten years with three score And he has not shorn any sheep for six years if not more Though he has made love to many women he has never had a wife And without any children he knows of in his life His physical best years in life he has known And it looks like that he will grow old on his own But he remains partial to his pot of cheer He still has got a very strong liking for beer.