I'm My Own Grandpa 
Many, many years ago when I was 23.
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be;
This widow had a grown up daughter who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son in law and changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother since she was my fathers wife.
Then to complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy,
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
This little baby then became a brother in law to Dad.
And so became my Uncle, though it made me very sad
For if he was my Uncle, then he also was the brother
Of the widow's grown up daughter who of course was my stepmother.
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Now I'm my own Grandpa, I'm my own Grandpa;
It sounds funny, I know, but really it's so.
I'm my own Grandpa.
My fathers wife then had a son who kept him on the run
Who thus became my grandchild 'cause he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my father's mother and it makes me blue
Although she's my wife she's my Grandmother too.
Now if my wife is my Grandmother, then I am her grandchild
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild
Now I have become the strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my grandmother, I'm my own Grandpa.
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- Seamus Kennedy
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