Old Rhodie Photies est une chanson en Anglais
It was just the other day
When the old man passed away
That I carried his belongings from the store
There was a bit of junk
But a battered army trunk
Carried memories I’ll hold forever more
There were packs of snaps and postcards
Faded yellow from the years
And the baby Browny camera that he had
At first it raised a laugh
But when I saw those photographs
I marveled at the memories it made
Oh those old Rhodie photies
That spoke of all the golden days gone by
Oh those old Rhodie photies
Made me laugh but also made me cry
There was snap of me and mom
Soaking wet but arm in arm
When we went without our raincoats to the folds
One of my first day at school
The foofy slide at Mermaid’s Pool
And one of Great Zimbabwe’s mystic walls
There was one of dad in uniform
A soldier of the King
A fresh-faced lad too young to go to war
But next to it was laid
One of my passing out parade
I'll always wonder what he did that for
Oh those old Rhodie photies
That spoke of all the golden days gone by
Oh those old Rhodie photies
Made me laugh but also made me cry
There was one of dad and mom
Lying in the sun
Getting sunburnt on a beach down by Roway
I really had to smile
At the bathing costume styles
I guess it was the fashion of the day
Then snaps of some big fishing trip
Down at Charara Bay
The tiger and the fat Kariba green
And a funny one of me
At a boy scout jamboree
And a group shot of our high school rugby team
Oh those old Rhodie photies
That spoke of all the golden days gone by
Oh those old Rhodie photies
Made me laugh but also made me cry
One of Rhodes’ funeral
And I wondered who the gal was
So pretty in her white Victorian dress
She must have been a fan
Or was it my great-gran?
I’ll never know but I can only guess
One taken on the Vic Falls bridge
As it was being built
With that final girder dangling from a crane
It was dated 1905
But there's no one left alive
The bridge lives on and always will remain
Oh those old Rhodie photies
That spoke of all the golden days gone by
Oh those old Rhodie photies
Made me laugh but also made me cry