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Dad Never Knew


My dad how he loved Christmas time
His working mates would all call in~
As there would a treat for all
My mothers cooking so good twas almost sin~
And dad would make sure of course
That there was goodies there galore~
And all would come at the chosen time
Our table to explore~
Now one year dad had melons up the back
And among them one special one~
It grew so large and the orders were
Never pick that one my son~
By Christmas time it will be so large
And then it will be mine~
To cut up on the table then
Only at Christmas time~
I was a very knowing child
I never missed a thing~
And I heard dad talking about his whiskey
He'd said the drinking had ones ears ring~
It was a Irish whiskey by the name of dimple
And I thought now do you think I ought'a
As I heard my dad say once
It goes down best with water~
Then I thought about that melon up the back
Now it's a water melon this is true~
So when my dad was not about
I knew what I should do~
Over the next few months a nip here and there
I put the whiskey in~
Through a little cut in melon fine
And off back to house I'd grin~
Dad wondered where that whiskey went
As it was getting down~
He asked me of course but hey I'm a child
Not Me ... I'd answer with a frown~
Come Christmas time and water melon fine
Cut up on table there~
And when dads friends and dad tasted it
They tasted something quiet sublime~
They all right then wanted to know
How he grew one just so great~
And they all got stuck into it
And end up singing till quiet late~
It sure had an effect on them
But all positive and true~
Dad wondered about that melon so
But hey ... He never ever knew~

Terrence Michael Sutton
Copyright 2008

 


 


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