A familiar figure in the crowd,
                                                    The grand old man of Monroe.
                                            I'll sing his praises long and loud,
                                            Cover his faults with a gentle shroud,
                                            And of his parentage be proud;
                                                    The grand old man of Monroe.

                                            I see him now so grey and bent,
                                                    The grand old man of Monroe.
                                            He stands at eve of a life well spent,
                                            His talents were always freely lent
                                            For service, to him, was what life meant;
                                                    The grand old man of Monroe.

                                            He stands alone in his old age class,
                                                    The grand old man of Monroe.
                                            Not wealth, but friends he tried to amass,
                                            His house was ever built of glass,
                                            Throwing buds, not stones, as he would pass,
                                                    The grand old man of Monroe.

                                            Loved most by those who knew him best,
                                                    The grand old man of Monroe.
                                            He's passed untarnished the great life test,
                                            His labors have earned a bodily rest,
                                            While his mind attends the world's thot-fest;
                                                    The grand old man of Monroe.

                                                                            Lovingly inscribed to
                                                                            Wm. A. Warnock, Monroe, Utah
                                                                                By his Son,
                                                                                    Irvin L.