A Gray Haired Fellow From Wonthaggi Poem by Francis Duggan

A gray haired fellow from Wonthaggi in South Gippsland from here far away
In the former coal mining Town of the coastlands he first looked on the bright lamp of day
Before his mum and dad brought him and his sister to live in Warrnambool
The biggest Town in South West Victoria where he started and finished school
In Warrnambool he met his soul mate the woman who became his wife
She died in her thirty first Summer she was not granted a long life
He worked hard at raising his daughter he is seven times a grand dad
One i have yet to hear complaining though an easy life he's never had
A\man who never did remarry for years he has lived on his own
Today in his first Hometown Wonthaggi by anyone he would not be known
He was in his prime in the sixties today he is three score and ten
So well liked by all who do know him he is one of the gentlest of men
Sixty four of his seventy years spent in Warrnambool where his once brown hair has turned to gray
A long way from Wonthaggi in South Gippsland where he first looked on the lamp of day.