Alby Clarke's Last Run?

At Tower Hill of the Peek Wurrong on Australia Day

For one of the runners in the half marathon a mighty hooray

When Alby Clarke the blue haired Aboriginal elder completed the run

An amazing feat for an eighty seven year old person in the hot January sun

An amazing person of him one can say

With  blue hair dye he cloaks his long hair of silver gray

When he finished the race the cheering for him loud and long

This Gundijtmara elder in the home of the Peek Wurrong

To the amazing Alby Clarke one can only say well done

His late mother and father in him raised a great son

Not surprising in south west Victoria one so many admire

And of singing his praises his fans never seem to tire

To conquer his addiction to alcohol he took up running well past his life's prime

And he has run thousands of kilometres over Seasons of time

Life's greatest challenges with gusto he does meet

In many marathons and ultra marathons he did compete

Many Seasons have passed since he left primary school

There will never be another like Alby in the City of Warrnambool

Stories of him have travelled far and wide

Beyond the borders of south west Victoria's coastal countryside

On Australia Day in January twenty two at Tower Hill of the Peek Wurrong a historical place

It is said Alby Clarke has completed his last race

But knowing of the great man one only can say

That only in death he will give running away.