Memories Of Pad The Master

Memories of Pad the Master remain with me today
He was a wise old fellow in his own gentle way
Though as a boy he did not spend many years in school
He had learned from the book of life he was nobody's fool
He was one without children or a partner or a wife
But he was one who knew a lot about living and life
One who had lived through two World wars he was an interesting man
And he told great stories of Duhallow in the days of the black and tan
One who never made an enemy and many looked on him as a friend
In his thinking not political any political rallies he never did attend
He was a student of Nature though in his ways quite shy
He could tell tomorrow's weather by looking at the sky
He was ageing when i was young time had become his foe
And he was missed from Claraghatlea when he died long ago.