On Mon, 7 May 2018 18:23:42 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-05-07 6:18 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>
>>> 'Ol Lady? Uh-oh, now you've done it! Someone here will surely have a
>>> shit hemorrhage.
>>>
>>>
>> * That was indeed my intent ... Look y'all , I love my wife very much ,
>> and she is quite literally one in a million . Keep that in mind no
>> matter what term I use to refer to her .
>>
>
>
>It was a common term of endearment about 40 years ago. At the same time,
>women were calling their male partners their old man.
>
>
>My old man
>He's a singer in the park
>He's a walker in the rain
>He's a dancer in the dark
>We don't need no piece of paper
> From the city hall
>Keeping us tied and true
>My old man
>Keeping away my blues
>
>Joni Mitchell 1970

Ian Dury - My Old Man:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooPVuG8ZbNE