Co oznacza: ol'

Hej,

mam takie zdanie:
I thought he might be terminally ill and didn't want to tell me, but he was, for the first time since we were first married, interested in little ol' me.

Chodzi mi o tą ostatnią część zdania (interested in little ol' me), a zwłaszcza to _ol'_
Co to oznacza, jak to przetłumaczyć?
Pozdrawiam

ol' = old, w takim poufałym, potocznym stylu
caly zwrot moge wytlumaczyc tak: he was interested in me, even though I am not a novelty and not (apparently) significant