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Senior Citizen's Prayer
Author unknown. (From the United States via Paisley. Kindly contributed by Delia Leathem).
Today, dear Lord I'm 80
There's so much I haven't done!
I hope, dear Lord, you'll let me live
Until I'm 81
But if I haven't finished
All that I want to do
Would you let me stay a while
Until I'm 82
So many places to visit
So very much to see
Do you think that you could manage
Until I'm 83
The world is changing very fast
So very much in store
I'd like it very much to live to 84
It's good so stay around,
Lord it's good to be alive
It would be even better if I were 85
There'll be more aircraft in the sky
So I'd really like to stick
And see what happens when I'm 86
I know dear Lord, it's much to ask
(and it must be nice in heaven)
But really I would like to stay until I'm 87
I know by then I wont be fast
And sometimes I'll be late
But it would be so pleasant to be around at 88
I will have seen so many things
And had a wonderful time
So I'm sure that I'd be willing to leave at 89
MAYBE!
I too have a copy of the Senior Citizen's Prayer (June Contact) and the author is given as Betty Arkwright.
There is also one more verse:
But even if I totter on
Still feeling it's not time to go
Maybe you could let me stay
Till I reach the big 'Nine-O'!
JM
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