I love that poem. Thank you! Elaine Rowland Jane Matherly wrote: > > 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 that's looking > Another searcher I can't find > I play (maybe that's his fathers 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 everyone a Jones. > You cost me two fortunes > One of which I did not have > My wife, my house and Fido > God, 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ==== VACHARLO Mailing List ==== > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > You can search Archives of some RootsWeb Mailing Lists at the above > address. Type in VACHARLO-L, or any list you wish to search.