'Tis said that he is eighty his better years long gone <br />But he feels very young at heart and he keeps on keeping on <br />Old father time has left his mark on him his hair is silvery gray <br />But I have known a better day you'll never hear him say, <br />He still goes to the local pub to drink a couple of beers <br />One who likes to talk of present times and not of bygone years <br />A character in his own right he can laugh at a joke <br />And so much to like about in him he's an amiable old bloke <br />Known and liked by everybody who lives on his street <br />A pleasure for to talk to and a pleasure for to meet <br />Some men in their old age grow grumpy but he is not that way <br />To everybody that he meets he smiles and says good day, <br />He always goes for his morning walk even on weather wet and cold <br />And 'tis said that he is eighty but he does not feel that old.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-amiable-old-bloke/
