Forgive me

[Prime]

<< Redneck Family Tree
>
> Many, many years ago
> When I was twenty-three,
> I got married to a widow
> Who was pretty as could be.
>
> This widow had a daughter
> Who had hair of red
> My father fell in love with her,
> And soon the two were wed.
>
> This made my dad my son-in-law
> And changed my very life.
> My daughter was my mother,
> For she was my father's wife.
>
> To complicate the matters worse,
> Although 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
> To the widow's grown-up daughter
> Who, of course was my stepmother.
>
> Father's wife then had a son,
> Who kept them on the run.
> And he became my grandson,
> For he was my daughter's son.
>
> My wife is now my mother's mom.
> And it surely makes me blue.
> Because, although she is my wife,
> She is my grandma too.
>
> If my wife is my grandmother,
> Then I am her grandchild.
> And every time I think of it,
> It simply drives me wild.
>
> For now I have become
> The strangest case you ever saw.
> As the husband of my grandmother,
> I am my own grandpa.

 

[venray]

All is forgiven......

......But my head hurts...

 

[Strelnikov]

My Own Grandpa

This one dates back at least to the 1940's. Any idea who wrote it?

Strelnikov

 

[Prime]

sorry i dont know who wrote it...someone just sent it to me and i thought it was odd enuf to be funny.

 

[Krokus]

Heh

I think it is funny! 😀

 

[Myriads]

This song is Copyright 1947 by Moe Jaffe and Dwight Latham, and based on a Mark Twain anecdote.

Myriads

 

[Strelnikov]

Thanks. My grandfather used to quote from it (one branch of the family had a somewhat analogous situation). He could have gotten it from either source, but I'm betting on Mark Twain in his case.

Strelnikov