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Robert Duncan, a farmer born in Utah, started painting when he was 11 years old. He is the talented artist of these beautiful paintings that take many of us back to another time and place and fill our hearts with sweet nostalgic memories of a bygone era.

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““GRANDPA, TELL ME GRANDPA, TELL ME ABOUT THE GOOD OLD ABOUT THE GOOD OLD

DAYS”DAYS”

Grandpa, tell Grandpa, tell me about the me about the

good old days.good old days.

Sometimes it Sometimes it feels likefeels like

This world’s This world’s gone crazy.gone crazy.

Grandpa, Grandpa, take me take me back to back to

yesterdayyesterday

When the line When the line between right between right

and wrongand wrong

Didn’t Didn’t seem so seem so

hazy.hazy.

Did lovers Did lovers really fall in really fall in love to staylove to stay

And stand And stand beside each beside each other come other come what may?what may?

Was a promise Was a promise really really

something something people kept,people kept,

Not just Not just something they something they

would say?would say?

Did families Did families really bow really bow their heads their heads

to pray?to pray?

Did daddies Did daddies really never go really never go

away?away?

Oh, Grandpa, Oh, Grandpa, tell me about tell me about the good old the good old

days.days.

Grandpa, Grandpa, everything is everything is changing fast.changing fast.

We call it We call it progressprogress

But I just But I just don’t don’t know.know.

And, Grandpa, And, Grandpa, wander back into wander back into

the pastthe past

And paint me a And paint me a picture of long picture of long

ago.ago.

Did lovers really Did lovers really fall in love to stayfall in love to stay

And stand And stand beside each beside each other come other come what may?what may?

Was a Was a promise promise really really

something something people kept,people kept,

Not just something Not just something they would say and they would say and

then forget?then forget?

Did families Did families really bow really bow

their heads to their heads to pray?pray?

Did daddies Did daddies really never really never

go away?go away?

Oh, Grandpa, Oh, Grandpa, tell me about tell me about the good old the good old

days.days.

Oh, Grandpa, tell me Oh, Grandpa, tell me about the good old about the good old

days.days.

Did families Did families really bow their really bow their heads to pray?heads to pray?

Did daddies Did daddies really never go really never go

away?away?

We inherit from our ancestors We inherit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted. gifts so often taken for granted. Each of us contains within us Each of us contains within us this inheritance of soul. We are this inheritance of soul. We are links between the ages, links between the ages, containing past and present containing past and present expectations, sacred memories expectations, sacred memories and future promise. and future promise. Edward Edward SellnerSellner

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