Papa, tell us a story,

About our family’s glory…

Exciting tales

Of life in Wales,

Did we back then own a dory?

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Momma, tell of your side,

That clipper ship was quite a ride…

A cabin boy

In ship’s employ,

Did he sail up the Clyde?

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Which relatives we’ll visit,

How can we stay just a minute…

Some are so old

They’d catch a cold

If they were somebody’s tenant?

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They want to serve some tea,

If I agree–what’s the matter with me…

They’re being kind

Aren’t we blind

To deny hospitality?

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Some stories you never told,

We search them out growing old…

Family hurts

And losing of shirts,

No wonder some people act cold!

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–jONATHAN cASWELL