Jack

Sometimes Jack talks about his granddad the rebel Irishman
Who in his youth in County Cork fought against the Black and Tan
But Jack claims to know nothing of Ireland since he has never been there
In fact beyond Warrnambool City he has not lived anywhere
He says granddad did hate the English but hatred is not in my life
How can i hate the British when i love my English wife
The mother of our two lovely teenage daughters she means so much to me
And unlike granddad did i do not carry the mental scars of a war history
His grandad died when he was a boy near forty years ago
A warrior to his very end though time had become his foe
Jack in his mid forties his brown hair turning gray
He is one i see often though not every day
He likes telling stories of his Irish grandfather who as a young man
In the County of Cork fought the Black and Tan.