Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-10-05 | Page 4 | Just Folks

JUST FOLKS E Copyright 1932 by Edgar A. A Gu Guest t MIDDLE AGE AND YOUTH Oho said the middle aged chap I 1 am told Fis thinking not living that makes a man old I And grownups of fifty and sixty can be As sprightly and nimble as twenty and three If only the heart had the courage to go Where timid old reason keeps cou counseling no Im young oung as the youngest My years I forget Id I'd dance and Id I'd prance with the light-hearted light set But the rollicking blades look with pity on me mo And act as IlS though kind their duty to be A chasm divides us Whenever Im I'm nigh I Im I'm m granted respect which themselves they denyI deny I X fancy that still I can share in their fun I 1 refuse to admit that my boyhood is done But the lads of today in a manner polite Arise from their seats scats when I venture in sight And with something of ot sorrow and anguish I note They all aU want to hel help when I put on my coat They say that a man Is ns DS old as he feels And I laugh and I dance and enjoy all my meals That Ive I've Journeyed past fifty means nothing to me It Its It's s out with the young folks Im I'm eager cager to be And I could carry cany on just as brave and as bold But the youngsters wont won't let me forget torget that t Im I'm plo