Old Dick Poem by Francis Duggan

The years on him now are beginning to show
Far north of the land where the Bass waters flow
The man who has been there and who has done that
From Adelaide to Perth and Broome to Darwin and down to Ballarat
Working on building sites and pipelines and many a shearing shed
A fellow who has slept in many a bed
Though he has had a woman in many a town
Due to his lust of the wander he could not settle down
You ask him did he father children to you he will say
I really do not know though with many women i did lay
Old Dick in his mid seventies will never travel again
He spends his days in a wheelchair and there he will remain
Till the Reaper claims the life from him whenever that will be
That he has been there and done that one has to agree.