Sez I, "We've clothed and edecated you—

Yer Ma and me;

But now we're gettin' old, our j'ints

O' roomatism tells,

And it's high time fer you to airn

A livin' fer yoursel's."

Our kids wuz proud as eny

Indiany's ever grown,

And so, afore another month

They left us all alone.