Old Tom
Old Tom was wrinkled
His face full of care
A military blazer
He'd always wear
Tom was a fighter
He'd boxed in the ring
He had gone to war
He'd fought for his King
His medals with pride
He always wore
In the pub of an evening
He'd lay down the law
Every November
He went on parade
He remembered his comrades
As a green wreath he laid
He talked about them
With a tear in his eye
Though he held it all back
He'd not openly cry
But last November he wasn't there
In the pub where he sat just an empty chair
So we will hear his stories no more
Of the battles he fought in the great war
Though he was always cadging a drink
We'll miss that stubborn old fellow I think
Though his outside was hard he was soft inside
And his chair has stayed empty
Since the day that he died
Copyright © Denis Briggs | Year Posted 2018
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