-----Original Message----- From: Barbara <sayona@telepath.com> To: PAJUNIAT-L@rootsweb.com <PAJUNIAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 7:23 PM Subject: Oh for a court record! >This was sent to the Choate list from another list. (making the rounds) >*smile* > >No footprints on the sands of time > OR >Oh,for a court record on gggggggrandpa > > It's nice to come from gentle folk > Who wouldn't stoop to brawl >Who never took a lusty poke > At anyone at all. >Who never raised a raucous shout > At any country inn >Or calmed an ugly fellow lout > With a belaying pin. >Who never shot a revenuer > Hunting for the still >Who never rustled cattle,who're > Pleased with uncle's will. >Who lived their lives out as they ought, > With no uncouth distractions, >And shunned like leprosy the thought > Of taking legal action. >It's nice to come from gentle folk > Who've never known disgrace, >But oh,though scandal is no joke > It's easier to trace! > > By Virginia Scott Miner,Saturday Evening Post November 22,1941 >