Their kind old godfather was regarded with filial reverence by both.

You remember I had an old godfather, Major Lessing?

So Lucas stays with his good old godfather.

Thy old godfather brings thee sugarplums, strokes thy pale cheeks, and tells thee thou must be a statesman in thy native land.

I'll play old Godfather-type characters in wheelchairs when I'm 80.

"Yes, child," was the reply, "and your old godfather had thought of bringing this evil cause before our royal master.