I'M MY OWN GRANDPA   (Dwight Latham & Moe Jaffe)
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Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be
This widow had a grownup 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 really changed my life
For now my daughter was my mother, 'cause she was my father's wife
And 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 were my uncle, then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grownup daughter, who was of course my stepmother

Father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run
And he became my grandchild, 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'm her grandchild
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild
'Cause now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa

        I'm my own grandpa,
        I'm my own grandpa,
        It sounds funny, I know
        But it really is so
        I'm my own grandpa

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John Lupton, folk music DJ, provided the lyrics and says:

"It was written ca. 1947 or so by Moe Jaffe and Dwight Latham, a pair of Tin
Pan Alley tunesmiths. The earliest recording of it I know of was by Lonzo &
Oscar, but Homer & Jethro probably had the most widely known version. Ray
Stevens has done it, I think Dave Grisman has as well. The all-female
bluegrass band Sidesaddle turned it into "I'm My Own Grandma" on their album
'Girl From The Red Rose Saloon'."

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John Lupton, LAN Specialist
Communications & Network Svcs
University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts & Sciences
email:jlupton@sas.upenn.edu  (215) 898-4172
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jlupton/home.html
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