The Man From The Outback

From years of working in warm climates his face wrinkled and brown
The man from the outback tropics is happy in his life in the cool southern town
In the hot and sweaty shearing sheds never an easy day
One can say of him he earned his every pay
He never fathered children or he never had a wife
But in his younger years no shortage of women in his life
In country town pubs he often drank himself merry and many the night
In his old ute he made love under the moonlight
Well into his seventies time becoming his foe
He only has memories now of long ago
In his one bedroom flat living on his own
Quite happy in his life though physically better days he has known
In the coastal town he has made many a friend
And here he will stay till his life's journey end.