(Alternate Slower Version, Submitted by Craig Ciccone)



The family circle gathers 'round from very far and near

To pass around the same remarks they passed away last year

The little girl you dangled on your knee without mishap

Stirs something in your memory and something in your lap



(Chorus)

The juniper berry has a very deadly kiss

I would say that something here is very much amiss

But it's a living and this is the life

For the world and his wife

The world and his wife



The kissing cousins step outside to cuddle and confess

She says sweet nothing at all, it's much more of a mess

She says,