Ole McGarty "In Honor of Gentleman Jim"

"You know boys" he would always say "why if there's one thing I am not" "Attention grabbing back stabbing" "but I've won every fight I've fought"

Jim McGarty 84 yrs old Picture from 1985 Quad City Downs.

McGarty twisting a new tale

his feet on the pot belly stove

There in the barn, he'd spin a yarn

piling on like a treasure trove

"You know I don't think I told you

how I won the second World War

Ole Ike, needed help with the Reich

and he looked to me and the corps"

 

"Now the country had called on me

Ike wanted us to break the line

So I told Dwight, schedule a flight

just drop us this side of the Rhine

Then my men and I took the field

laying waste such a German swath

Led all the men, yep there and then

survived only on bread and broth"

 

"Well we sought no recognition

I let Ike spin his fairy tale

We were fine, drinking Hitler’s wine

just happy to blaze the trail"

Jim had a weakness for the blondes

touting one on each of his arms

"Easy to see, why they like me

they're after me lucky charms"

He had claimed many a patent

while inventing all the great things

Held universities, degrees

knew all the heads of states and kings

Jim served in World War One and Two

circumnavigated the globe

Hung out on the Nile, for awhile

invented Nasa's first space probe

 

 

"You know boys" he would always say

"there's a couple of things I'm not

Attention grabbing, back stabbing

though I've won every fight I fought"

When the cold winds blew through the trees

we would gather ourselves around

That smiling face, McGarty’s place

where he entertained half the town

Author's Note

Gentleman Jim:Teller of tall tales and whimsical dreams. He was the epitome of our childish inner selves.Take a bow McGarty. You were one of a kind and the worlds greatest storyteller.

Reviews

[Robert Trakofler]

All i can say is that he must have been Irish nobody spins a yarn better than an Irishman Hmm did I ever mention that I am a McCoy and a Riley? not that I would know this sort of thing:/ But ole McGarty would be as welcome as can be and feel right at home at my family's fire side (PS I love how you have 2k views and only 2 reviews something is amiss)

[Tate Morgan]

The part that’s a mess is that this is a copy of an original poem that I posted a while back that has well over 100 reviews on it for some reason somebody on Facebook didn’t like it and blocked it so I reposted it so that Facebook would allow me to put it on there. Thank you for stopping by and reading it. Yes he is. Irish was Irish. I should say I think the original one of this had thousands of views as well and probably 120 reviews

[Robert Trakofler]

I was just thinking about how you’re poem merited more attention but I suppose that is always the case on these forums

[Little Whisper]

Enjoyed this well written tale...

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you so much