Song Description

A tribute to a man on turning 100 years old

Lyrics

One Hundred Years Old
He was born in the summer of nineteen o six
Way before modern issues were part of the mix
Of life in Australia, of farming his land
Those old days lie precious within this old man.
The heart of Australia beats in this old man

We shared Christmas dinner, two thousand and five
Four weeks ?til his hundred, yet spoke more alive
More alert, more discerning, upfront and on song
Than modern men struggling to know right from wrong.
He asked why so many don?t know right from wrong

So Bob McIntyre we salute how you fare
A hundred not out early in the New Year
Two thousand and six and a million years past
We know your old values will make our world last.
We know your old values will make our world last

Pop spoke of his love for the land and the fun
Of life in Australia, his place in the sun,
Couldn?t wait for the Boxing Day test to begin?.
Starts earlier this year y?know, nodded his grin.
Ten thirty tomorrow, he nodded a grin

He spoke too of terror, mad weather, bad trade
Of how man might un-make a world been well made
He forgot and forgave, whilst withholding war tears
That cried care and loving through his hundred years
The care and the loving of one hundred years.

So Bob McIntyre we salute how you fare
A hundred not out early in the New Year
Two thousand and six and a million years past
We need your old values to make our world last.
Two thousand and six and a squillion years past
God bless your old values, and pray your world last