Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three I was married to a widow who was pretty as can be This widow had a grown up daughter who had hair of red My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed
This made my dad my son-in-law and really changed my life And now my daughter was my mother 'cause she was my father's wife And to complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad For if, if he were my uncle then that also made him brother Of a widow's grown up daughter who was of course my stepmother
Oh, I'm my own grandpaw I'm my own grandpaw It sounds funny, I know But it really is so Oh, I'm my own grandpaw Listen to this now
Father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run And he became my grandchild for he was my daughter's son My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue Because although she is my wife, she's my grandmother too
Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I am her grandchild, yeah And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild 'Cause now I have become the strangest case you ever saw As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpaw
I'm my own grandpaw You believe that? I'm my own grandpaw It sounds funny, I know But it really is so I'm my own grandpaw