When Granny Was a Flapper


When Granny was a flapper
Way back in ‘25,
The “Jazz Age” was a great time
For her to be alive.

When Granny was a flapper,
She sipped on “bathtub gin,”
And bobbed her hair, and did the things
Her parents labeled “sin.”

When one of Granny’s boyfriends
Would take her on a date,
She’d claim the car ran out of gas
When she came home too late.

When Granny started dancing,
The others soon would stop
To watch her do the Charleston—
Upon the tabletop!

When Granny was a flapper,
She would so often speak
Of a man named Valentino
And a movie called The Sheik.

Those days of silent movies
And dance marathons galore
(When Granny was a flapper)
Are gone forevermore.

Now, as I listen to Boy George
And comb my “punk rock” hair,
Granny does the Charleston
Beside her rocking chair!

When Granny was a flapper
Way back in ‘25,
The “Jazz Age” was a great time,
But I’m glad she’s still alive.

~ ~ By R. Westberry Paesano

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Image used was scanned from a "Good Old Days" book.
Artist is Ron Delli Colli. I cannot find any information on line about him.

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