Ribald Classic: The Gleam In Grandpa's Eye
August, 1982
The PartnersIt was down the Lehigh Valley in early 'Sixty-three:We was panning sand in the Rio Grande,My partner, Cross-eyed Bill, and me,When Bill got hitched with a gal named Nell.Well, she weren't so goldarned bad,And he brought her up to the shack to live.But I was a rooty lad.While Cross-eyed Bill was panning in the creekAs it flowed through the gulch nearby,Nell and I'd go at it, tearing off a trick.Well, spring rolled by in the old LehighAnd Nell birthed twins, you see:One was a cross-eye...
