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Now many many years ago when I was twenty three
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I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be
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This widow had a grown-up daughter had hair of red
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My father fell in love with her and soon the two were wed
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This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life
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My daughter was my mother cause she was my father's wife
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To complicate the matters even though it brought me joy
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I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy
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My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad
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And so became my uncle though it made me very sad
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For if he was my uncle that also made him the brother
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Of the widow's grown-up daughter who of course was my step-mother
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I'm my own grandpa I'm my own grandpa
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It sounds funny I know but it really is so
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I'm my own grandpa
verse 2
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My father's wife then had a son that kept them on the run
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And he became my grandchild for he was my daughter's son
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My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue
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Because she is my wife she's my grandmother too
repeat #4
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Now if my wife is my grandmother then I am her grandchild
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And every time I think of it it nearly drives me wild
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For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
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As the husband of my grandmother I am my own grandpa
repeat #4 x2