A nice little poem for ALL of us for Christmas. For some reason I thought of Jim505 when I read the 4th stanza... Lisa Farrand Kemp "VAH! Denuoune Larine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur!" They think that I should cook and clean, and be a model wife. I tell them it's more interesting to study Grandpa's life. They simply do not understand why I hate to go to bed . . . I'd rather do two hundred years of research work instead. Why waste the time we have on earth just snoring and asleep? When we can learn of ancestors that sailed upon the deep? We have Priests, Rabbis, lawmen, soldiers, more than just a few. And yes, there's many scoundrels, and a bootlegger or two. How can a person find this life an awful drudge or bore? When we can live the lives of all those folks who came before? A hundred years from now of course, no one will ever know Whether I did laundry, but they'll see our Tree and glow . . . 'Cause their dear old granny left for them, for all posterity, not clean hankies and the like, but a finished family tree. My home may be untidy, 'cause I've better things to do . . . I'm checking all the records to provide us with a clue. Old great granny's pulling roots and branches out with glee, Her clothes ain't hanging out to dry, she's hung up on the Tree.

Dear Lisa, I want to give the poem to the woman who does our genealogy society's newsletter. Is there an author who should be mentioned? Is this Latin? "VAH! Denuoune Larine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur!" Georgia Bill and Lisa Kemp wrote: > A nice little poem for ALL of us for Christmas. For some reason I thought of Jim505 when > I read the 4th stanza... > > Lisa Farrand Kemp > "VAH! Denuoune Larine loquebar? Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur!" > > > They think that I should cook and clean, > and be a model wife. > I tell them it's more interesting > to study Grandpa's life. > > They simply do not understand > why I hate to go to bed . . . > I'd rather do two hundred years > of research work instead. > > Why waste the time we have on earth > just snoring and asleep? > When we can learn of ancestors > that sailed upon the deep? > > We have Priests, Rabbis, lawmen, soldiers, > more than just a few. > And yes, there's many scoundrels, > and a bootlegger or two. > > How can a person find this life > an awful drudge or bore? > When we can live the lives of all > those folks who came before? > > A hundred years from now of course, > no one will ever know > Whether I did laundry, > but they'll see our Tree and glow . . . > > 'Cause their dear old granny left for them, > for all posterity, > not clean hankies and the like, > but a finished family tree. > > My home may be untidy, > 'cause I've better things to do . . . > I'm checking all the records > to provide us with a clue. > > Old great granny's pulling roots > and branches out with glee, > Her clothes ain't hanging out to dry, > she's hung up on the Tree. > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MO-STLOUIS-METRO