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Grandad Never Cried

by Nigel Astell

Bedridden boneyard beckoned

Grandma heartbroken goodbyes

He never did

Himself hospitalized crippled

Slipped paralysing fall

He never did

Man's best friend

Casey sadly passed

He never did

When somebody said

Bobby Charlton died

He never stopped.

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