Bj Legros Kelley Poet Rhyme

Ole' What Cha Mccall

Way back, September, sixty-three
                                   Dad took us to Yosemite 
                                    It wasn't really very far
                               To drive there in our family car
                          
                              To my blessed, and great surprise
                                 right before our very eyes
                              A car rolled slowly round the bend
                             A famous guy, and my dad's friend!
                             I'd heard his name on the T.V. set
                                I heard it, you did too I'll bet!
                                    If you lived back in '63
                              Maybe you met him, just like me
                              I'll never forget that glorious fall
                                      When my dad cried 
                               "There's Ole' What Cha McCall!"
                          Well, if that was not  enough delight
                         I told my friend from school that night
                                 Excitedly I explained to her
                      Just where we saw him, and where we were
                     She cried out "Oh we were there too! We saw
                          Ole What Cha McCall!!! We did too!!!"
                               Nearly sixty years have passed
                                This finally came to me at last
                            Ole' What Cha McCall, at Yosemite
                                        mighta' been her dad...…….
                                          AND the dad of me....
                                    Though Ole' What Cha McCall 
                                                   not 
                                         the same guy be!

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Lindsay Laurie June 15, 2021 at 10:35 PM Hello BJ … I certainly got a smile from your poem. It’s a great story indeed - thanks BJ - Lindsay Bj Legros Kelley June 16, 2021 at 4:53 PM Thank you Lindsay! Your poems are a real joy to us here, so this means a lot coming from you! Thank you so much!