Arthur Rodman’s “Jingles” Booklet-Pages 29-30

    GRANDPA’S BIRTHDAY

Grandpa now is eighty-one,
And he’s had his share of fun.
Get the blues? Our Grandpa? Nix.
Always cuttin’ up his tricks.

Always crackin’ funny jokes,
Pokin’ fun at bashful folks,
Have his fun, he simply must,
Laughs so loud you’d think he’d bust.

Hunted Indians, fox and deer
Long before a house was near.
Heard him tell how wolves would roar
As they jumped against the door.

That would scare me half to death,
Think I’d surely lose my breath.
But our Grandpa didn’t care–
Didn’t hardly move his chair.

When our Grandpa was a boy,
Says he never had a toy.
See the junk that we have got,
‘Nuff to fill a vacant lot.

In those days they had to work,
Not a chance to scheme and shirk.
Late at night and early morn,
Choppin’ wood and hoein’ corn.

Had no implements nor tools,
Wasn’t hardly any schools;
Yet, somehow he made it pay,
Laid up for the rainy day.

So here’s to our Grandpa’s health,
To be well is to have wealth;
Think he’ll still be havin’ fun
When he reaches ninety-one.

    PRACTICAL EVOLUTION

                    Acrostic
  (Read down first letter of each line.)

Feeling pretty flush, pocket full o’ cash,
In a little while not enough for hash.
Rustle ’round some more, make a hundred quick
Spent it all again–haven’t got a nick.
Then I have to scheme how to make ends meet.

Not a job in sight, not a place to eat.
Awful fix to face, things are pretty tight
Tho it’s pretty tough, guess it serves me right.
If I get a job bet you I’l1 behave,
Out of every ten, one at least I’1l save.
Nothing simpler this, once I have begun,
All is rosy now as the morning sun;
Little every week put away to grow–

By and by the harvest, reaping what you sow.
Any one can do it if he’ll only try,
Nothing can be surer, figures never lie.
Keep my money in the First National.
    (An acrostic for any bank upon request.)

          ACROSTIC

B may stand for “Borrow”
    From your banker if you can.
A may stand for “Assets”
    You must show the banker man.
N will stand for “No sir! ”
    If you fail to come across.
K will stand for “Killing”
    If you cause the bank a loss.

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