Old Bill

From where he was born and went to school
Today old Bill is ageing far from Warrnambool
In Cairns in far north Queensland where it is warm all year
The flute like song of the pied butcherbird every day he does hear
Two years ago to cancer he lost Kate his wife
The mother of his children and his partner for life
In her prime years a dark haired beauty to behold
But sad for him without her he is growing old
Although with fondness he recalls Warrnambool
For him it is too far south and too windy and cool
So in warm and sunny Cairns he is happy to stay
Until the reaper of lives does come reaping his way
And far north of where he first saw the light of day
Where his wife's remains are his will also lay.