Through toil and trouble, triumph, and tears <br /> He spent a lifetime tied to the land <br /> In spite of all problems he thought life was grand <br /> For forty some years he spent teaching school <br /> Though he did some dumb things he was nobody's fool <br /> During the war he served as an infantryman <br /> He survived in good shape when shit hit the fan <br /> He travelled the world; he liked to roam <br /> But come right down to it there's no place like home <br /> He jumped from an airplane at seventy-five <br /> Grandma didn't think he would come out alive <br /> The children surviving have done very well <br /> What more can you ask when the world's going to hell <br /> Don't waste your time mouring, but have a good time <br /> Live while you're alive to the end of the line<br /><br />Edwin Takala<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/old-ed-s-been-around-for-eighty-odd-years/
