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Bible, Cousins, Family, Fun, German, grandfathers, Humour, Insight, Moses, Music, Poetry, Rhymes, Songs, The Ten Commandments, Verse
One never knows how a story will present itself or when.
Case in point:
It was not that long ago when I was relating to a friend a story about my Grandfather, who was a tailor by trade until he was called into the ministry.
Grandfather had a flair for good humoured drama as demonstrated by one of his favourite Charlton Heston quotes from the movie ‘The Ten Commandments.’
He also had a talent for making up little jingles and verses.
One of his favourite rhymes went like this:
(Oh… If only I could hear him bellow this out like he had when I was a child)
“Let my people go…
…Dann sind wir alle froh!”
Unfortunately the humorous German punchline does not translate all that well into English.
But let me take a shot at it anyway:
“Let my people go…
Then let the good times roll!”
(Actually, that turned out pretty good.)
So now, on with my story:
After I had finished explaining my grandfathers penchant for talking in rhyme using the above example my friend utterly floored me with his response:
“Gee, your Grandfather was the world’s first rap artist.”
I was completely undone with his wonderful and witty insight.
Long story short…
You cannot imagine how much this truthful iconic statement will be a continual source of joyful warm fuzzy giggles until the end of my days.
Unless of course, you’re one of my dear cousins.
In that case of course…
I hope my friend’s insight brings you the same joy as well.
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