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Goodbye, Old Man
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Goodbye, Old Man
© Ken Sheldon 2003
Goodbye, old man. Goodbye, old friend.
You may be gone, but your spirit lives on in this rocky land.
Goodbye, old man.
That solemn brow, that craggy face,
as tough as the people from so long ago who settled this place.
As old as the hills, as old as the land,
a primeval profile in granite not carved by human hands.
Goodbye, old man.
Like a great grandfather watching down on us all,
we never thought that you would ever fall.
It’s like a death in the family, it’s hard to believe.
There’s an empty place where you used to be.
It was a long, hard winter, and now I know
how you must have felt after all those years of ice and snow.
You must have been tired, and maybe you knew,
that when it’s your time to go there’s not much that you can do.
So you slipped away in the dead of night
and in the morning we saw, but couldn’t believe our eyes.
Goodbye, old man. Goodbye, old friend.
You may be gone, but your spirit lives on in this rocky land.
Goodbye, old man.
Goodbye, old man.
Goodbye, old man.
Goodbye, old friend.
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Ken Sheldon New Hampshire
Ken Sheldon is a singer/songwriter, humorist, and performer. His bestselling series Sing Along and Learn has been used in classrooms around the world. His independent recordings, Ice Cream Soup and Talking to My Food have delighted children and adults alike. He is also the creator of Frost Heaves, a comedy show from “the most under-appreciated town in New Hampshire.” ... more
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