THER IS A MAN THAT I HAD MET
HE'S HAPPY AND CHEERFUL THAN MOST I'D BET
HE IS AS BRAVE AS A BEAR AND JUST AS ROUGH
THE CONDITION HE'S IN HE HAS TO BE TOUGH
YOU SEE THIS MAN HAS A DREADED DISEASE
YET IT DOESN'T WEAKEN HIM HE CAN HANDLE IT WITH EASE
HIS BRAIN IS ACTIVE, AND AS QUICK AS A WHIP
HE HAS COME SO FAR, THERE IS NO WAY HE WOULD SLIP
FOURTEEN YEARS THIS MAN HAS BEEN IN THAT CHAIR
FOR A MAN OF HIS AGE IT HARDLY SEEMS FAIR
YET HE HAS THE STRENGTH TO CARRY ON THROUGH
LOTS OF PROJECTS HE COMPLETES,THEN ON TO A NEW
HIS LIFE HAS BEEN HARD,THERE IS NO GETTING AWAY
HE HOLDS HIS HEAD HIGH,FOR EACH AND EVERY NEW DAY
THIS KIND OF PERSON IS INDEED SOMETHING RARE
IF ONLY WE COULD ALL LOOK AT LIFE AS