Oh, grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day

No particular reason, he just dressed that way

Brown necktie with a matching vest and both his wingtip shoes

He built a closet on our back porch and put a penny in a burned-out fuse



Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks

Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes, and hammered nails in planks

He would level on the level, he shaved even every door

And voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war



Well, he used to sing me ";Blood on the Saddle"; and rock me on his knee

And let me listen to the radio before we got TV

Well, he'd drive to church on Sunday and he'd take me with him too

Stained glass in every window, hearing aids in every pew



Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks

Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes, and hammered nails in planks

He would level on the level, he shaved even every door

And voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war



Well, my Grandma was a teacher, she went to school in Bowling Green

Traded in a milking cow for a Singer sewing machine

Well, she called her husband ";Mister,"; and she walked real tall and proud

She used to buy me comic books after Grandpa died



Grandpa was a carpenter, he built houses, stores and banks

Chain-smoked Camel cigarettes, and hammered nails in planks

He would level on the level, he shaved even every door

And voted for Eisenhower, 'cause Lincoln won the war