David Grisman - I'm My Own Grandpa lyrics

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He's his own grandpa<br />

<br />

Now many many years ago<br />

When I was twenty-three<br />

I was married to a widow<br />

Who was pretty as could be<br />

<br />

This widow had a grown-up daughter<br />

Who had hair of red<br />

My father fell in love with her<br />

And soon the two were wed<br />

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This made my dad my son-in-law<br />

And changed my very life<br />

My daughter was my mother<br />

'Cause she was my father's wife<br />

<br />

To complicate the matter<br />

Even though it brought me joy<br />

I soon became the father<br />

Of a bouncing baby boy<br />

<br />

My little baby then became<br />

A brother-in-law to dad<br />

And so became my uncle<br />

Though it made me very sad<br />

<br />

For if he was my uncle<br />

That also made him brother<br />

To the widow's grown-up daughter<br />

Who, of course, was my step-mother<br />

<br />

I'm my own grandpa<br />

(He's his own grandpa)<br />

It sounds funny, I know<br />

But it really is so<br />

I'm my own grandpa<br />

<br />

My father's wife then had a son<br />

Who kept him on the run<br />

And he became my grandchild<br />

For he was my daughter's son<br />

<br />

My wife is now my mother's mother<br />

And it makes me blue<br />

Because, although she is my wife<br />

She's my grandmother too<br />

<br />

I'm my own grandpa<br />

(He's his own grandpa)<br />

It sounds funny, I know<br />

But it really is so<br />

I'm my own grandpa<br />

<br />

Now if my wife is my grandmother<br />

Then I am her grandchild<br />

And every time I think of it<br />

It clearly drives me wild<br />

<br />

For now I have become<br />

The strangest case you ever saw<br />

As husband of my grandmother<br />

I am my own grandpa<br />

<br />

I'm my own grandpa<br />

(He's his own grandpa)<br />

It sounds funny, I know<br />

But it really is so<br />

I'm my own grandpa<br />

<br />

Oh, that years