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They talked of getting married in the spring

and all the pros and cons

they wondered what their folks would say

should they get married in a church

or on the back yard lawn

She wondered 'bout a wedding dress

he considered a long tailed fancy tux

they talked of all the flowers and the food

and thought of all the fuss

They talked about a house in town

as they snuggled neath

a bright November moon

they thought of all the

things that must be done

but still it couldn't come to soon

Should she have a brides maid

and who would be his best man

who could they get that could walk that far

and carry the wedding band

And they sat out on the old park bench

their faces lined in smiles

for they knew they would start a big comotion

that would last for quite a while

They wondered some about the wheel chair

and they knew they'ed have to buid a ramp

and build a rail beside it

for when the days were wet  or damp

As they sat there a dreaming

he thought to nap awhile

and whhile they sat there arm in arm

she began to smile

For she thought of so many things

like, to bad they hadn't met

some seventy years ago

for all the years they would have had together

and all the happiness that their children would have brought

but here they both were living now

in the autumn of their life

but still there would be much happiness

for they'ed be man and wife

And as they walked back to the nursing home

and through the big cast iron gate

they thought that they  would have to do it soon

for now they'ed sealed their fate

And they told the charge nurse at the desk

said that they were getting married

and they just couldn't wait

The nurse looked up with much surprise

and then she said 'that's great'

it was going to be a joyful thing

for both were in a state

for old Robert was ninety years of age

and Maud was eighty eight