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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY
BY; LAVINA BURGESS
6/12/02

DAD AND ALL DAD'S
WE WISH YOU THE BEST,ON THIS FATHER'S DAY
DAUGHTER'S AND SON'S FROM EVERY RACE
FROM HERE TO THERE AND EVERYWHERE
DAD'S THAT YOUNG AND NOW GRANDPA'S TOO
NEW DAD'S AND SOON TO BE DAD'S
WE WANT TO SAY”I LOVE YOU”
YOU TAUGHT US RIGHT FROM WRONG
AND TO BE TOUGH AND STRONG
AND MOST OF ALL TO GET ALONG
WE CLIMBED MOUNTAINS BIG AND SMALL
WE WENT ICE SKATING,WATER AND SNOW SKIED
WE PLAYED IN THE SNOW,SLEET AND RAIN
I REMEMBERED THE DANCE LESSONS
THAT YOU AND MOM GAVE ME
AND WHEN YOU STEPPED ON MY TOES
WE LAUGHED SO HARD,THE TEARS RAN DOWN OUR NOSE
THE BRUISES I GOT FROM FALLING OUT OF THE TREE
AND YOU WIPED THE TEARS,THAT FELL DOWN MY CHEEKS
THE PUPPY YOU GAVE ME WHEN I WAS THREE
AND WHEN YOU SCOULED HIM AS HE SQUATTED AND PEE-ED
ALL THE TIMES YOU HELD MY HAND
WHEN WE CROSSED THE STREET
THE FROG YOU GAVE ME
WHEN YOU FOUND IT IN THE STREET
THE BASEBALL GAMES WHEN YOU CAUGHT THE BALL
AND YOU GAVE IT TO ME
THE PARADES WHEN I COULD NOT SEE
YOU PUT ME ON YOUR SHOULDERS,SO I COULD SEE
DADS,THERE ARE SO MUCH MORE AND I COULD GO ON AND ON
SO DADS,ON THIS SPECIAL DAY
DAUGHTERS AND SONS JUST WANT TO SAY...
THE BEST TO YOU ON
“FATHER'S DAY”