For Mamie and David on their golden anniversary

(to the tune of the old fold song ‘Bottle of Wine’)

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Mamie and Dave, David and Mame,
Fifty-nine’s steamiest wedding!
Remember the day? Happy and gay!
They seemed to know where they were heading.

From Brockton they came, of shoe city fame,
With Rocky Marciano still ruling. 
Then one look at Mame set David aflame,
He couldn’t stop stammering and drooling.

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College came first; it wasn’t the worst,
For teachers and dentists need schooling.
They had to bide time; it felt like a crime,
But didn’t mean passions were cooling!

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Wedding-day bliss, and sealed with a kiss,
Sent off with confetti and horns!
Not a second too soon, a great honeymoon,
The party goes on till it dawns!

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When Lizzie arrived, they tried to survive,
Who ever said kids would be quiet?
And Matt is a stitch, but he’s got an itch,
And Katy completes the whole riot!

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For fifty brief years, of laughs and of tears,
They look like they know where they’re heading!
Mamie and Dave, David and Mame,
It must have been a hell of a wedding!

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