Memories Of Long Ago - But Not Forgotten
Dale H. Elders ~ 52-61
AhH The Infamous Smoking Of Grapevines
All The Acorn Fights I Didn’t Mind
Plenty Of Cedar Bark To Roll Your Own
Tomahawks, Bows, & Arrow Tips Made Of Bone
Spoke Guns, BB Guns, & Slingshot Fights
Haynie Garden Movies Own A Sat. Night
Cowboys And Indians, & Gettin Speared In The Head
Fishing & Wading In The Creek For A Big Crawdad
Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Pat Brady & Nellie Bell
Getting To Meet Them All Was Really Swell
Running Away With Some Potatoes, Water And A Sheet
Fireflies, Star Gazing, Playing Hide And Go Seek
The Classic TV Shows Were All In Black And White
Flash, Sea Hunt, And Bowie After Homework Every Night
Swamp Fox, Sugar foot, Disney, And Watching Zane Gray
Andy, Rawhide, The McCoy’s, And The Beaver Made My Day
30 Acres Summer Time, Chasing Rabbits In The Field
Homemade Darts And Big Cap Guns We Did Wield
Hospital (Horse Stable) Cod Liver Oil & All Those Shots
Laying Down For Quiet Hour Like It Or Not
Cliff climbing, Rock Throwing, Or Just Climbing Trees
Shinning The Hall Floors, What A Breeze
A Sat Swim, A buzz haircut, And The Boy Scouts
Frying Eggs On The Curb, And A Big Pit Cook Out
Who Was Staked Down Out In The Briar Patch?
With Hot Lids & Bricks, And Ants That Scratched
And With Cedar Bark, Whom Did They Tie To A Tree?
To Burn Him At The Stake, But Unfortunately It Was Me
Halloween, Mayday, And Our Fifth Grade Teacher Old Mrs. Cain
Dry Ice And Ice Cream Cups, And A Summer Softball Game
The Old Piggly Wiggly, And The Coke Bottle Scam
Sneaking Off To The Brazos River To Play By The Dam
Cameron Park, Lion’s Mouth, And Lovers Leap
Skateboarding Down Chapel Hill What A Feat
Persimmon Fights, The Old Drug Store & A Banana Split
A Hall Room Fight And A Busted Lip
Water Bombs, Cootie Catchers, And Hula Hoops
Always The Houseparent Pet Who Was The Snoop
The New “ STIFF” Jeans That Gave You The Chaps
Reporting To The Front Office I Made Many A Lap
And Having My Little Sister (Patsy) In The Dorm Across The Way
While Seeing Her I Could Visit The Other Girls (What Can I Say)!
And From Her A Most Thoughtful Christmas Gift You See
‘Twas A One-Cent Peanut Butter Log All Wrapped Up For Me
And The Christmas Party’s And Gifts & Going To Town
Candy, Money & Fruit There Was Always Plenty To Go Around
Waiting Up For “Santa Clause” Out On The Balcony
A Late Night Peak At Gifts, To See What There Was For Me
My Shaved Head & Ringworm’s – Tarred And Wrapped
Going To Bed Without Supper, Now That Was A Bum Wrap
A Spanking Or A Whipping With A Big Paddle
A Saturday Afternoon Dirt Fight Was A Real Fun Battle
Washing Laundry In The Basement On The Old Scrub board
Marbles, Dodge Ball, & Football, Who Needed A Scoreboard!
The Weekly Chores Of Washing Silverware And Pots
Trimming The Sidewalk And Raking Leaves, Like It Or Not
Homemade Cornbread, Liver & Gravy, And Beans With Ham
My Turn As The Dorm Cook Was Really A Jam
Eating Habits, Table Manners, Taught The Proper Way To Do
Just As From The Old Place I Learned A Little Etiquette Too
We Now All Know Parents Can Have A Rough Time
Some Gave Us Up Because They Couldn’t Earn a Dime
But Whatever The Reason We Were All There
The Lord Had A Plan And He Answered A Prayer
To Be Trust In A Strange Place And Moved About
For All A Young Toddler Could Do Was Cry And Pout
When A Child Is Angry And Cries Themselves To Sleep
Wondering Why We Were There And No Family To Keep
So Many Things To Talk About And Say
But I’ll Have To Save Some For Another Day
We Could All Write Down Enough To Fill A Book
What A Life And Experience We Can’t Overlook
