Grandpa

Grandpa

You were a man among men
Although you were only four foot ten
From the toe of the boot you came
On a boat across the ocean from Italy

Through the Island you passed to a little town
In the state of New York to Rome you were bound
You stood in line with pride every day
To see if you had a job for ten cents a day

The American dream would not come easy
But he would wait for the time would be right
A friend to say my daughter needs husband
Off the train my grandma came

They had four weeks before they married then five children came
Hard times there were ahead he knew
The war took a son to fight for everyone’s rights
He came home after war was won


A child was born the first to bare his sir name
Little she was he looked at her with pride in his eyes
He could not wait to tell his friends
Of the birth of this little one

An Aunt got made four children she had
They were Grandpa’s first
But their sir name was not the same
The Aunt would feel the shame

One day Grandpa looked as old age had found him
He slowed down he knew rest would come soon
He was loved by his family the best they could
My Grandpa was a good man to America he came

He found his family
He found his dream
He had his pride to the last breath he took
My Grandpa loved as I did him