Thought the list might enjoy this one. :-) Bob Carter > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Jokagal@aol.com> > To: <COLLINS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 11:23 AM > Subject: [COLLINS-L] Grandma and the Family Tree > > >> >> GRANDMA AND THE FAMILY TREE >> >> There's been a change in Grandma, we've noticed her of late, >> She's reading history or jotting down some date. >> She's tracking back the family, we'll all have pedigrees. >> Oh, Grandma's got a hobby, she's climbing Family Trees. >> >> Poor Grandpa does the cooking and now, or so he states, >> That worst of all, he has to wash the cups and Dinner plates. >> Grandma can't be bothered, she's busy as a bee, >> Compiling Genealogy, for the Family Tree. >> >> She has no time to baby-sit, the curtains are a fright. >> No buttons left on Granddad's shirt, the flower bed's a sight. >> She's given up her club work, the serials on TV, >> The only thing she does nowadays is climb the Family Tree. >> >> She goes down to the Courthouse and studies ancient lore, >> We know more about our forebears than we ever knew before. >> The books are old and dusty, they make poor Grandma sneeze, >> A minor irritation when you're climbing Family Trees. >> >> The mail is all for Grandma, it comes from near and far, >> Last week she got the proof she needs to join the DAR. >> A worthwhile avocation, to that we all agree, >> A monumental project, to climb the Family Tree. >> >> Now some folks came from Scotland and some from Galway Bay, >> Some were French as pastry, some German, all the way. >> Some went on West to stake their claim. Some stayed near by the sea. >> Grandma hopes to find them all as she climbs the Family Tree. >> >> She wanders through the graveyard in search of date or name, >> The rich, the poor, the in-between, all sleeping there the same. >> She pauses now and then to rest, fanned by a gentle breeze, >> That blows above the Fathers of all our Family Trees. >> >> There were pioneers and patriots mixed in our kith and kin, >> Who blazed the paths of wilderness and fought through thick and thin. >> But none more staunch than Grandma, whose eyes light up with glee, >> Each times she finds a missing branch for the Family Tree. >> >> Their skills were wide and varied, from Carpenter to Cook, >> And one (Alas) the record shows was hopelessly a crook. >> Blacksmith, weaver, farmer, judge, some tutored for a fee. >> Long lost in time, now all recorded on the Family Tree. >> >> To some it's just a hobby, to Grandma it's much more, >> She knows the joys and heartaches of those who went before. >> They loved, they lost, they laughed, they wept, and now for you and me, >> They live again in spirit, around the Family Tree. >> >> At last she's nearly finished and we are each exposed. >> Life will be the same again, this we supposed! >> Grandma will cook and sew, serve cookies with our tea. >> We'll all be fat, just as before that wretched Family Tree. >> >> Sad to relate, The Preacher called and visited for a spell, >> We talked about the Gospel, and other things as well, >> The heathen folk, the poor- and then- 'twas fate, it had to be, >> Somehow the conversation turned to Grandma and the Family Tree. >> >> We tried to change the subject, we talked of everything, >> But then in Grandma's voice we heard that old familiar ring. >> She told him all about the past and soon was plain to see, >> The Preacher, too, was nearly snared by Grandma and the Family Tree. >> >> He never knew his Grandpa, his mother's name was ..Clark? >> He and Grandma talked and talked, outside it grew quite dark. >> We'd hoped our fears were groundless, but just like some disease, >> Grandma's become an addict--- She's hooked on Family Trees. >> >> Our souls were filled with sorrow, our hearts sank with dismay, >> Our ears could scarce believe the words we heard our Grandma say, >> "It sure is a lucky thing that you have come to me, >> I know exactly how it's done, I'll climb your Family Tree. >> >> >> Joanne Galvin >> >> Researching Northup, Hampton, McCall, Phelps, Blake, Daggett, Syler, >> Berridge,Plymale, Kinder, Cottrell, Gilbert, Baker, Rood >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== COLLINS Mailing List ==== >> COLLINS List Archives: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/COLLINS/