Keeping Time
The scene is Grandpa and grown-up grandchild sitting on Grandpa's porch. They're playing a sing-song rhyming game they've played for more than twenty-five years. One starts, sings the stanza, and the other has to rhyme it.
Until Grandma comes out and breaks it up.
Grandpa and me
Playing a game
Keeping time, just keepin time
Don't much matter
It's all the same
Keeping time, just keepin time
You sing to me
Just one more line
Keeping time, just keepin time
The perfect rhyme’s
four beats in time
Keeping time, just keepin time
Played with singing
my life-long now
Keeping time, just keepin time
Your all grow’t up
so take a bow
Keeping time, just keepin time
Valley is low
Mountain is high
Keeping time, just keepin time
The tea is sweet
So is the pie
Keeping time, just keepin time
Grandmas calling
Gotta go soon
Keeping time, just keepin time
Grandpa chuckles
sings one more tune
Keeping time, just keepin time
We gotta stop
or hell’s to pay
Keeping time, just keepin time
Ain’t no worry
she’ll want to stay
Keeping time, just keepin time
You two stop now
and git in here
Keeping time, just keepin time
Dinners ready
and so’s the beer
Keeping time, just keepin time
Gramps stands and says,
"We better git . . .
Keeping time, just keepin time
Or we won’t hear
the end of it!"
Keeping time, just makin’ rhyme
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