Handed Down

Mother’s got a pretty face

     And form that is perfection;

Alas! Her disposition’s what

     Folks call her chief objection.

Father’s homely as a jay,

     As homely as perdition,

But like a sunny summer day

     Is father’s disposition.

Mother says I take from pa

     My looks that are so homely;

Pa says my disposition’s like

     My mother’s, who is comely.

If I take my looks from pa,

     Who looks so like the thunder,

And take my actions from my ma

     No wonder I’m a wonder.

Oct. 8, ‘10