A Poem well said. >From: Crystal Burleson <cburleso@cybertrails.com> >Reply-To: STARR-L@rootsweb.com >To: STARR-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Kinsman >Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 09:47:34 -0700 > >I know that some folks get a little miffed when something comes across a >list that isn't strictly genealogy facts, but I hope you all enjoy this >poem that came on my Leggett list yesterday. It seem that we all share >the same research problems. > >Kinsman (original poem by Wayne Hand, 1999) > >Alas, my elusive kinsman >You've led me quite a chase. >I thought I'd found your courthouse >But the Yankees burned the place. >You always kept your bags packed >Although you had no fame; and >Just for the fun of it, >Twice you changed your name. >You never owed any man, or >At least I found no bills >In spite of eleven offspring >You never left a will. >They say our name's from Europe >Came state side on a ship. >Either they lost the passenger list >Or granddad gave them the slip. >I'm the only one looking, >Another searcher I can't find. >I pray, "maybe that's his father's name", >As I go out of my mind. >They said you had a headstone >In a shady plot. >I've been there twenty times, and >Can't even find the lot. >You never wrote a letter, >Your Bible we can't find. >It's probably in some attic >Out of sight and out of mind. >You first married a ......Smith >And just to set the tone, >The other four were Sarahs >And every one a Jones. >You cost me two fortunes, >One of which I did not have, >My wife, my house and Fido. >Oh, how I miss that yellow lab. >But somewhere you slipped up, >Ole Boy, Somewhere you left a track. >And if I don't find you this year >Well.......Next year I'll be back! > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com