Sunday, February 23, 2014

My Father’s Father


My Father’s Father was a real good man
He grew up in the Chicagoland

Fell in the love with a Polish girl
Loved her more than anyone in the world

My Father’s Father worked hard in life
Supporting his family with a butcher’s knife

Four children born including the twins
Cheering each season for a White Sox win

My Father’s Father loved to laugh and smile
Dressing up to clown around in Clover style

He served his time back in the war
A proud Navy vet and so much more

My Father’s Father was a proud man
Retirement never being part of his plan

He drove that hearse through the city streets
A more confident man you would not meet

My Father’s Father loved his family
Nine grandchildren are his legacy

Two great grandsons he met before he passed
But hopefully they won’t be the last

My Father’s Father was a Christian man
His love for Jesus spent as a Lutheran

Time at church spent in joy and cheer
Singing those hymns for all to hear

My Father’s Father is in heaven now
And we are left to go on somehow

So it’s in the hope that we know is true
That Jesus died for all and especially you

2/23/2014 – ALJ

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