Old Balding Joe

The years beginning to tell on him old balding Joe with the false teeth
But he likes drinking stuff stronger than water one well known beyond his home street
He turned seventy eight on his birthday in April the years may have left him walking slow
But he still can drink a lot of liquor and anger towards others not show

Unmarried he never fathered children at least not as far as he does know
One might say that true love in his life it never did blossom and grow
In his prime years he had many women many of them the grandmothers of today
He says i did not meet my soulmate but then such is life anyway

For one on the doorstep of eighty one can say he looks fit and well
At the pub when he has a few drinks in he has some good stories to tell
Of his many travels in his younger years and the characters he did meet
He is one who is known beyond his hometown the character of his home street

At the pub on saturday evening he drinks till the barmaid calls time
Without ever showing any signs of aggression which cannot be said of some young men in their prime
When drunk he leads in the merry making he's a man of laughter and song
And he is one of many stories and he enjoys the pub sing along.