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Christmas For The Olds

Todd Robert Murphy

Sitting around the family
With faces all a glow
I look at the children playing
Happily running in and out they go
But look at the old ones
Its their faces that put on a show
Oh boy aren't they happy
In front of them its family
Their whole life on show
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Submitted on October 16, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCBDBAAB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 243
Words 52
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
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