You probably don't want to know about the follow up to aunt marrying the stepfather's brother so delete this quick. Again from the PA state wide list. Ashley P. S. I promise, no more. William & Linda Simmons wrote: > I'm My own Grampa > > Back in the early days of radio in the thirties. I had a very successful > group called the Jesters performing three nights a week on NBC. Our > specialty was Novelty songs and bits of spoken humor. In rading a book of > anecdotes and sayings by Mark twain. I came across a parqagraph wherein he > proved it was possible for a man to become his own grandpa by a certain > sucession of events beginning with the premise that if he married a widow > with a grown up daughter and his father married the daughter, > etc...etc...etc...He would eventually become his own grandpa. > The idea seemed so funny to repeat on the air,and sure enough, the response > was very good. Later Moe Jaffe and I decided to expand the basic idea and > set it as a song > Dwight Latham > > I'm My Own Grandpa > > by Dwight Latham and Moe Jaffe > > Many, Many years ago when I was twenty three > I was married to a widow who was pretty as can be > This widow had a grown-up Daughter who had hair of red > My Father fell in love with her and soon they, too were wed > > This made my Dad my Son In Law and changed my very life > For my Daughter was my Mother, cause she was my Father's Wife. > To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy > I soon became the Father of a bouncing baby boy. > > My little baby then became a Brother In Law to Dad > and so became my Uncle, though it made me very sad > For if he was my Uncle, then that also made him Brother > of the widow's grown-up Daughter, who, of course, was my Step-Mother > > I'm my own Grandpa, I'm my own Grandpa > It sounds funny I know, but it really is so > Oh. I'm my own Grandpa > > Father's Wife then had a Son, who kept them on the run > And he became my Grand-Child, for he was my Daughter's Son > My Wife is now my Mother's Mother, and it makes me blue > Because, although she is my Wife, She's my Grandmother too. > > Now, If my Wife is my Grandmother, Then I am her Grandchild > And everytime I think of it, It nearly drives me wild > For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw > As Husband of my Grandmother, I am my own Grandpa. > > Copyright 1947 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judy DeGennaro" <degennaro2@prodigy.net> > To: <PENNSYLVANIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 9:50 PM > Subject: Re: [PA] Family > > > Hi Mary... > > > > All I could think of is a song from a very, very long time ago called "I'm > > My Own Grandpa". I think that was the title of it but it was a funny > song. > > Does anyone remember who/what or when that song played? I'm probably > > really dating myself. Oh well. > > > > J. > ==== PENNSYLVANIA Mailing List ==== > Don't be afraid to ask questions. > There are no dumb questions on this list. > >