Following up on "It's a Boy Mrs Walker It's a Boy" and with apologies to Paul Simon, please read/sing this poem to the melody of "Fifty Ways to Leave your Lover" from his Graceland CD.
The question is all about your name
He said to me
The debate is constant if you
Listen to family
We'd like to help you with your choices
To be free
There must be fifty names
To give your baby.
He said it's really not your option
To decide
Furthermore, we trust our ideas
Will be for you to override
But we'll repeat ourselves
Until all our say has died
There must be fifty names to give your baby
Fifty names to give your baby.
You might start with Boo, Drew
What about Max, Jack
You don't want to be Stew, Lew
Just call yourself Will
Pick up the beat, Pete
You don't have to have no teat
Just be a good boy, Bill
And call yourself Will.
You said we have no say
And we should take a seat
We wish there was some way we could weigh
You know we'll try again Pete
But any name we choose we lose
So would you please repeat
Again the fifty names.
You said thanks but trust us
Because we'll get it right
So we believe you and Sara
Will help us all see the light
A baby named Drew
Will be a Red Sox fan from his first night
There must be fifty names
To give your baby
Fifty names to give your baby.
Love,
Dad
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This is great, Doug! So,I take it Drew is your favorite?
ReplyDeleteThere's all sorts of "new" names now like Tucker, Cooper, Caleb, Jayden... I remember when we named Scott, thinking it would be unusual (no lists of popular names to consult back then :-)) then in 1st grade there were 2 other kids also named Scott. Oh well, I think the name has worked out well for him.
My only suggestion - just don't do one of those things where, "His name is really Alphonse, but we call him Fonzie"
Can't wait to hear the results. We'll know by July!