DMC: "Grandma's Ditties" by Linda Mitchell

GRANDMA'S DITTIES

In the history of ditties
there’s none so silly
as those Grandma knows
from when she was young.
Like…..

     Tap tap-tap tap tap, tap TAP!
     Shave and-a haircut, two bits

Or,
When running a bath
She makes me laugh
with a cheerful sea-side tune.

     By the sea, by the sea
     by the beautiful sea,
     you and me, you and me
     oh how happy we’ll be.

And what about
my first day of school tummy?
Full of butterfly nerves tummy?
Her wisdom in song
helps me along.

     Make new friends
     but keep the old
     one is silver
     but the other gold.

And sometimes
at bedtime
Gran is outrageous
as I pull on my PJ’s
and brush my teeth
she’ll call out a ditty
that no joke can beat.

     Fatty and Skinny had a race
     Up and down the pillow case
     Fatty shouted it’s not fair
     Skinny lost his underwear!

I giggle and wriggle
into bed for the night,
pull up the covers and
turn out the light.
Grandma sings a ditty
before I sleep:

     I love you
     a bushel and a peck
     a bushel and a peck
     and a kiss around
     the neck.

If I’m ever a Gran,
it’s my plan
to be a little silly
with those I love.
Tapping, singing, rhyming too
If there’s ever time
for a little ditty or two.

© 2016 Linda Mitchell. All rights reserved.


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