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faithmairee
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since 2011-01-05
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Poe Haven, USA

0 posted 2011-02-02 01:04 AM



I went down to the graveyard
just to see my daddy's grave.
I went down to the graveyard
just to see my daddy's grave.
They say it was the whiskey
made my poor daddy misbehave.

Momma used to hollar,
'Don't you go sneakin' out the house.'
Momma used to hollar,
'Don't you go sneakin' out the house.'
But daddy he was quiet, yes
He was quiet as a mouse.

Momma said, 'He's better dead.
You know he never learned to live,
Momma said, 'He's better dead.
You know he never learned to live,
He was just a low-down daddy
getting good at telling fibs'.

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

© Copyright 2011 Faith Elizabeth Brigham - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
1 posted 2011-02-02 06:44 AM


A lot of daddy's resemble the one in your poem, Faith.

~ What's The Difference Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup? / Anyone Can Roast Beef. ~

GG
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since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532
Lost in thought
2 posted 2011-02-02 08:04 AM


What a sad reality for all too many little girls and little boys... and daddies. Sigh.

GG

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
3 posted 2011-02-02 02:19 PM


I could picture little girls skipping rope to this.
Lori

faithmairee
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since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441
Poe Haven, USA
4 posted 2011-02-02 06:58 PM


This is another one of my blues lyrics.  Thank you all for stopping by and reading my song. Unfortunately, my daddy was the hard drinking kind who was always off somewheres downing it.

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

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