The Grand Old Fellow Joe

He was a fine old gentleman though him few seemed to know
He lived his life his own way the grand old fellow Joe,
He is with his wife Daisy in the same grave they lay
And may he rest in peace now for he too had his day,
He was a man of few words as most wise people are
And though from his old Hometown he never did travel far
He was a Worldly person insightful and well read
A wise and a knowledgeable fellow of him it could be said,
His only offspring Billy in the war in Vietnam died
His sense of loss and disappointment from others he did not hide,
He said my son was a brave young man who threw his life away
I'd rather him be a living coward and be with me today,
He never harmed anyone though he did his own thing
And he was a grand old fellow and his praises I must sing.