Working class (blue collar) background. Left school at 14. Ended as Computer Information Systems Manager. Married nearly 50 years. One daughter, three grandchildren, one great-grandchild. Next stop 86.
Across the misty fields at even tide
I hear the bells from by the riverside
And feel the chilly Autumn breezes blow
Like whispered memories of long ago.
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While the West wind blows so warm
In the dark before the dawn
Song birds sleep with heads beneath
Their wings.
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They loved their Scottish homelands
Their scented English glades
They loved their great Welsh mountains
And the Irish summer rains
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