This is for Jackie, and others. I know she'll like this one. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Susan Bedson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 4:42 AM Subject: [NJHUDSON-L] [Fwd: Genealogical Poem (once a song in the 40s)] >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >--------------27C19B1B9312CD7A31AF4DF7 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >--------------27C19B1B9312CD7A31AF4DF7 >Content-Type: message/rfc822 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Disposition: inline > >Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com ([204.212.38.27]) > by mtiwgwc06.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.07 118 124) > with ESMTP id <[email protected]>; > Tue, 27 Apr 1999 06:27:27 +0000 >Received: (from [email protected]) > by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA02177; > Mon, 26 Apr 1999 23:16:31 -0700 (PDT) >Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 23:16:31 -0700 (PDT) >From: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 23:27:33 EDT >Subject: Genealogical Poem (once a song in the 40s) >Old-To: [email protected] >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 38 >Reply-To: [email protected] >Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/2193 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: [email protected] >X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > >My own Grandpa > >Many, many years ago >When I was twenty three, >I got married to a widow, >Pretty as could be. >This widow had a grown-up daughter >With flowing hair of red. >My father fell in love with her, >And soon the two were wed. >This made my dad my son-in-law >And changed my very life. >Now my daughter was my mother, >For she was my father's wife. >To complicate the matters worse, >Although it brought me joy. >I soon became the father >Of a bouncing baby boy. >My little baby then became >A brother-in-law to dad. >And so became my uncle, >Though it made me very sad. >For if he was my uncle, >Then that also made him brother >To 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 grandson, >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 grandma too. >If my wife is my grandmother, >Then I am her grandchild. >And every time I think of it, >It simply drives me wild. >For now I have become >The strangest case you ever saw. >As the husband of my grandmother, >I am my own grandpa! > >Author unknown. > > >==== MAME Mailing List ==== >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal >and exclusion from this mailing list. Spam crashes our servers and we have >to take a stand. For comments or list administration questions,please contact >Lisa Henderson [email protected] > > >--------------27C19B1B9312CD7A31AF4DF7-- > > >==== NJHUDSON Mailing List ==== > If you are unsubscribed from the NJHUDSON list unintentionally, simply > resubscribe. A full mailbox, computer error, or spam may cause you to be > unsubscribed. >