Younger days©2017TonyFallon0617

Younger days©2017TonyFallon0617

In our younger days we were the super pair

We always were together almost everywhere

We were light on our feet we had style and flair

They nicknamed you Ginger and called me Astair

If someone tried to steal you they wouldn’t have a prayer

And no one ever accused me of having an affair

When we first married our clothes were almost threadbare

But we worked the farm together we never took welfare

I never expected from the beginning I’d be a millionaire

But we never went hungry we always had three square

When things were going bad I’d often curse and swear

Then you were my rock for you never did despair.

I have grandchildren in Chicago very near O’Hare

And others just outside Shannon down in County Clare

John is still single and he is a pilot for Swissair

Pakie is a horse trainer in the state of Delaware

I would love to go to America if I ha d the airfare

The doctor says in three months my knee they will repair

And it will then be much easier to climb up the stair

And now that God has called you the world seems unfair

As I sit here at the table across from your empty chair

The dog sits at my feet most nights as I play solitaire.