Happy Birthday My Dear Father

Happy Birthday My Dear Father

Christmas Day meant more to us, than it did to the multitudes;
Not only was it a festive Holiday, but it was your cherished birthday too!
We’d start out in the morning, opening our gifts beneath the tree;
Then eat a delicious breakfast, with anticipation of our open house to be!
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We would fill the table in the dining room, with delicious hot entrees;
A shrimp boat and a large salad bowl, also on there laid!
The bar in our recreation room, had liquor, all top shelf;
Everyone knew that it was “open”, “please kindly help yourself”!
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The people started coming, between noon and one p.m.;
By night, thirty-five or forty, would visit to haw and hem!
They came to see their dear friend, Hymie Ran, the Jewish boy;
Who was born the same day as Jesus, and to all he brought such joy!
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 “Happy Birthday my dear Father”, gone now for forty-one sad years;
Every Christmas now at midnight, I toast to you, a Birthday cheer!
I never will forget them, those open houses that honored you;
I’d give anything for another, and having you there too!
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Happy Birthday Dad
You were the best gift a child
Could ever ask for