My Friend Pete

It's just a faded memory of a past yesterday
When I was a boy and he was my best friend
Lost to this world when he was hit by that car
It was hard to know his life had come to an end

In his small grey casket he laid as if sleeping
His small body was in a perfect sweet repose
His little Brown suit had not one tiny wrinkle
His right hand was holding a pretty Red Rose

Pete and I were such good friends I remember
We were together the biggest part of every day
It was at his house or at mine you could find us
In Summer we loved to both swim and to play

Nearly Seventy years have now passed me by
I know from up in Heaven He watches over me
I'll be united with my friend Pete one bright day
When God calls and my friend again I will see

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