The Man From Colorado

The wisdom of old grand pop the children do amaze As he recalls to them the stories of his happy childhood days In Greeley in Colorado in the U.S of A Far north of here as the crow might fly more than half of a World away. In the woods and groves of Greeley birds nesting in the Spring And at the border of his territory the house finch chirp and sing And in the parks and gardens the flowers and roses bloom And the freshening winds are laden with Nature's own perfume Old Tom left his Hometown of Greeley when he was twenty four And since he last was back there fifteen years have passed or more He will be seventy one years on his birthday in May And time too has left it's mark on him the years have left him gray. His wife Joan was an Aussie with the deceased she lay Two years back in September from life she passed away Their union was a happy one and with sadness he recall That the day she breathed her last was his saddest day of all. The man from Colorado a likeable old soul And with his Primary school grand children down memory lane he stroll And they beg him for more stories of Greeley where he lived as a boy Far north of Gippsland in Victoria even as the crow might fly. The man from Colorado the years have left him gray But that accent he brought with him is with him for to stay Until the reaper claim him when ever that may be When he will go to join his wife in the grave yard by the sea.