I'm My Own Grandpaw A song written by Dwight Latham and Moe Jaffe © 1947 by General Music Publishing Co., Inc. Many, many years ago, when I was twenty three, I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be. This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red. My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed. This made my son-in-law and changed my very life, For my daughter was my mother 'cause she was my father's wife. To complicate the matter even though it brought me joy, I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy. My little boy then became a brother-in-law to my dad And so became my uncle though it made me very sad. For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother Of the widow's grown-up daughter who, of course, was my step-mother. Father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run And he became my grandchild for he was my daughter's son. My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother too. Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild. For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw, As husband of my grandmother I am my own grandpaw. Oh, I'm my own grandpaw, I'm my own grandpaw. It sounds funny I know, But it really is so. Oh, I'm my own grandpaw. |
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These song lyrics are presented in honor of the convolutions of family relationships. |
A Challenge To You Nugget Nate, the prospector, enters his moutain shack buried in snow. The temperature is 20 degree below zero. His eyes moved from the single match he has to a candle, and oil lamp, and to a fire that is ready to be lit. Which does he light first? E-mail your answer to The Halpin Family via the e-mail link on the Welcome (Home) Page and don't forget to sign our Guest Book while you're there.-- Thank you. |
