When Spiro talks of the Isles of Greece his eyes fill up with tears
He has not been back to his home Island for close to fifty years
His hair that was as black as coal is now a silvery gray
It can be truly said of him he has known a better day.
The remains of his Aussie wife Evangeline in the local graveyard lay
She died a slow and painful death last year in early May
Of bone cancer to him she was a good and faithful wife
Without her Spiro has to live for the remainder of his life.
Their only son Spiro Jr married with a son and daughter attending primary school
Far from Richmond where old Spiro lives in the City of Warrnambool
He visits them a few times a year goes to Warrnambool by train
A family man his loyalty to the family remain.
Of any pains or aches or such he seems completely free
He looks fit and healthy and quite well for one of seventy three
But in the pub on Saturday his feelings he struggles to disguise
When he talks of his home fishing village the tears are in his eyes.
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