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Oh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day

 No particular reason, he just dressed that way

Brown necktie with a matching vest and both his wingtip shoes

 He built a closet on our back porch and put a penny in a burned-out fuse

Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks

Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes and hammered nails in planks

 He would level on the level, he shaved even every door

 And voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war

Well, he used to sing me "Blood on the Saddle" and rock me on his knee

 And let me listen to the radio before we got TV

 Well, he'd drive to church on Sunday and he'd take me with him too

 Stained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew

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Well, my Grandma was a teacher, she went to school in Bowling Green

 Traded in a milking cow for a Singer sewing machine

 Well, she called her husband "Mister," and she walked real tall in pride

 She used to buy me comic books after grandpa died

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