spurlock family

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5/26//96

larry..curtis..spurlock

spurlock family

1 a
well lately i've been thinking
about a man so grand
i heard the people call him wash
but i didn't understand
i was yet to become a man

1 b
he would peel my apple

with the peel in one piece
whittle cedar wood
after grandma's breakfast feast
lord i remember a man at peace

1 c
he was eighty-two years old
when i remember him at five
it was eleven years later
when he limped off into the sky
i went to see him and said good-bye

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why
am i
thinking of grandpa - why

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i've been reading
the spurlock family newsletter
i've been reading it
and it made me feel better
it seems jr. got himself a plan
to net together the spurlock clan
by publishing
the spurlock family newsletter
read it
and you will feel better
extra extra
read all about it
in the spurlock family newsletter

2 a
grandpa called grandma suz
she must have been so strong
grandma and grandpa had fifteen kids
they worked hard all day long
teaching their kids right from wrong

2 b
of sliney and james and polly and ewell
i have faded memories
something tells me though
they still remember me
even as their souls are set free

2 c
green and caynor passed
before my birth
but the name norma jean
is as solid as the earth
grant's wanda remembers my mirth

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why
am i
thinking of family - why

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3 a
rufas was a cool guy
he'd talk to you as a friend
but there were four grandkids
i played with again and again
we'd been taught to play to win

3 b
joe's mark - lorey's fred
howard's arthur - lee's johnny lee
these were my compatriots
in grandpa spurlock coun-try
friends and fam-i-ly

3 c
so who is this nostalgic writer
flipping family named congruere
elizabeth dale helen pauletta and brittny
get closer and closer to
paul and eula are the clues

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well lately i've been thinking
about a man so grand

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