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Songbird
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since 1999-12-15
Posts 2184
Missouri

0 posted 2001-04-17 09:00 AM



I got hooked
By a very small line

I asked my parents
From whence
Did we come?

They said don't you know?
Your grandparents
Came here in a covered wagon
A long time ago

Just who were their kin?
Where did they live?
And where did they die?
What do we know about them?

Give me some dates
I really want to try
To find more about them
The reasons why

Daddy met Mama
How fate
Many generations before
Played a part
In the creation of me

Now if it's many years later
And your're reading these lines
Looking for me
I may be hanging upside down
By the seat of my jeans
In a ancestral tree


© Copyright 2001 Marcia Estep - All Rights Reserved
ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA
1 posted 2001-04-17 11:25 AM


My friend, Isn't it so addictive to want to learn of our heritage and all the enchanting stories to be found in our past generations. I bet you are having so much fun! i love the way you wrote this!  Ellie

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

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Member Rara Avis
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912
Washington State
2 posted 2001-04-17 12:13 PM


We all seek our roots.  I am so sorry now for the questions I did not ask of the one grandparent I knew and of my own folks.  Too late!!!  Joyce
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Member Patricius
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098
Idaho, USA
3 posted 2001-04-18 05:38 PM


I hope you find answers to some of your questions at least.  I guess not many of us have the curiosity to find out these things before it's too late!

Betty Lou Hebert

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