The Lost Boy

They were in school together sixty years ago He was a year or two younger than Joe And the story of Tony his boyhood mate Down at the local I heard him relate. Eight years old Tony walked down the woodland track one day Near to his home he had often walked that way A perfect Summer's day with a slight breeze The sun shone bright and birds piped on the trees. But young Tony he was never seen again And the mystery of his disappearance still remain A search party combed the countryside for miles around Though not a trace of him was ever found. For their only child the parents grieved for years They must have shed a bucket full of tears What happened to him did he meet with foul play? Though any evidence did not point to that way. What happened to him some venture to say That aliens snatched him and carried him away With them to their Planet far beyond the sky Where people never age or never die? This little boy with brown eyes and brown hair 'Twould seem he vanished into the morning air For not one even seemed to have a clue What happened to him or where he had gone to? And though it happened sixty years ago The memory still remains fresh with Joe Of his friend young Tony who walked down the woodland track But never ever made the journey back