My Granny

My Granny My Granny's name was Edna But no one could say it So they called her Bonnie And she was My Granny watered her ferns with Disprin Every Saturday morning She said it made them flourish And it did My Granny slept with four pillows Every night She said it stopped her snoring But it didn't My Granny drove a yellow Anglia to town Wearing her best hat She said it went too fast And it did My Granny loved her Sherry a lot All the time She said that she didn't But she did My Granny only saw happiness in the world She took me everywhere beautiful Whenever she could And she did My Granny lost her husband at 44 She never remarried She said she wouldn't And she didn't My Granny loved me very much And told me all the time She said I would be a writer And I am My Granny died in hospital From Pneumonia at 84 She said you've been a brick Darling And I was My Granny was a special person She was kind to everyone I told her I loved her whenever I could And I always will