Here come old grandpa
He come movin' up slowly
He got, big-a-belly
He got, roley-poley
He got, hair...on his ears
He got to be a grandpa he lived so many years
He drink- no more, moonshine
He got, gout toeitus
He got, monkey back
He shoot, insulin
He say, I don't... remember you
One thing he should know is that he's one hundred and two
He lacks production
He got, two sets of dentures
He got, always sidetrack
He got, soup and crackers
He got, gout, down...on his feet
Sitting in his wheelchair he's got old-age disease
Does he remember, right now- he's one hundred and two
He can't use a toaster
He got, cold- needs a warming
He got, dementia
He lost, mojo filter
He say, one and one and one is four
Got to be dementia 'cause he can't add anymore
Does he remember, right now, he's one hundred and two
We're a great big family of roley poleys
We'd sure make some great hockey goalies
No pucks could get past
Unless we fall on our ass
Even then we'd be just as tall with no hole-ys
We're a great big family of roley poleys
We'd sure make some great hockey goalies
No pucks could get past
Unless we fall on my ass
Even then we'd be as tall as a telephone pole-y
© Jack Ellison 2015
MISSING DADDY
When I think about my daddy
I cry and cry and cry
I cry so much
I lost my eye
Then I think about my mother
She plays baseball with my brother
And she reads to me at night
Always leaves a little light
When I cried and cried and cried
She gave a big-bear big hug
Then she tucked me safe in bed
Like a roley-poley bug
she peeked into my pocket
kissed me on my head
gave me back the eye I lost
was under Sister's bed.
I still think about my daddy
sometimes cry and cry and cry
but now i cry
and have 2 eyes.
Icky nasty hot dogs,
Roley Poley meat logs,
Made of scraps from hens and hogs,
Delightful treat for rats and dogs.
Eat them up in pork and beans,
Eat so much you split your seams,
Eat too much they'll fill your dreams,
Wake you up with sweats and screams.
Trample people to the ground,
When those hot dogs are around,
Fight and punch and kick and pound,
Just to munch those hot dogs down.
Quiet now, just one more bite,
Then put the hot dogs out of sight,
The bingeing's done now for the night,
The heartburn later on to fight.