I remember this song from back in high school in the late forties Since that was in Brooklyn, NY It must have been pretty popular. I think it even made the Lucky Strike hit parade. Found the following on the net Copyright Moe Jaffe and Dwight Latham, 1947 Note: based on a Mark Twain anecdote.RG Sheet music at:- http://www.numachi.com/cgi-bin/rickheit/dtrad/lookup?ti=OWNGRNPA&t t=OWNGRNPA Midi version at:- http://fp5.in-tch.com/www.countrywhispers.com/immygrandpa/ Gus Ellis