What We’ve Lost

Our house is an awful mess,

     ‘Cuz ev’rybod’s sick

An’ things will be worse yet, unless

     A change comes pretty quick.

The baby’s got the whoopin’ cough,

     An’ brother’s got the mumps;

My mother’s down with achin’ teeth,

     An’ grandma’s got the dumps.

My grandpa’s got the roomertiz

     An’ sister’s got the blues;

I ain’t got much of anything

     Exceptin’ “What’s the use?”

My aunt that’s visitin’ us has got

     What father calls the “grout”.

What’s that you say? “What’s father got?”

O, father he’s got out.

    

October 8, ‘09