My Uncle David by Joe Middleton

My Uncle David. An original song by Joe Middleton.
(Happy Birthday Unc x)
My Uncle David was born in Newport,
Half Snelling blood, half Pughs the name, it wasn't riches that he sought.
The Land of Fathers dear to him, with two sisters more,
Born In Gwent but raised on the banks of the River Soar.
Then a fair maiden came,
And stole his heart away,
She made the man and the man remained
In love to this day.
My Uncle David.
From Oxford to the Low Countries, and home in Cheltenham,
He taught and sang, and sang and taught with the woman from the Netherlands.
Then two children came,
And stole his time away,
They made the man and the man remained
In love to this day,
My Uncle David.
As he reached a ripe old age, he became a grandfather,
A man of words and a man of song,
He became Opa.
Then the dreaded cancer came,
And stole his health away,
It made the man and the man remained,
Alive to this day.
My Uncle David,
My Uncle David.