On Mick Kissane's Illness

A mutual friend did ring me with some sad news to tell
It is now public knowledge  Mick Kissane is not feeling well
In his life's greatest battle far south of old Kenmare
A battle that he will win for men like him are rare

They make them tough in Kerry and than him none more tough
And in his greatest battle he will prove good enough
And though he's getting on in years and his better days long gone
This cancer will not kill him he will keep living on

An old patron of the Basy Pub there he has drunk many a beer
There he is well known and he enjoys the bar-room atmosphere
He has lived in Mt Evelyn for many years where his friends in numbers have grown
In his part of Victoria than in Kenmare nowadays he is better known

Big Mick Kissane not feeling well of late by illness knocked about
But as a fellow who loves life he is down but not out
He is determined to live on and to life he will cling
And for him the reaper will have to wait this will not be his last Spring.