The Old Son of a Gun

[Big N' Blue]

'Twas the night before Christmas & out on the ranch The pond was froze over & so was the branch.
The snow was piled up belly-deep to a mule.
The kids were all home on vacation from school, And happier young folks you never did see- Just all sprawled around a-watchin' TV.
Then suddenly, some time around 8 o'clock, There came a surprise that gave them a shock!
The power went off, the TV went dead!
When Grandpa came in from out in the shed With an armload of wood, the house was all dark.
"Just what I expected," they heard him remark.
"Them power line wires must be down from the snow.
Seems sorter like times on the ranch long ago."
"I'll hunt up some candles," said Mom. "With their light, And the fireplace, I reckon we'll make out all right."
The teen-agers all seemed enveloped in gloom.
Then Grandpa came back from a trip to his room, Uncased his old fiddle & started to play That old Christmas song about bells on a sleigh.
Mom started to sing, & 1st thing they knew Both Pop & the kids were all singing it, too.
They sang Christmas carols, they sang "Holy Night,"
Their eyes all a-shine in the ruddy firelight.
They played some charades Mom recalled from her youth, And Pop read a passage from God's Book of Truth.
They stayed up till midnight-and, would you believe, The youngsters agreed 'twas a fine Christmas Eve.
Grandpa rose early, some time before dawn; And when the kids wakened, the power was on..
"The power company sure got the line repaired quick,"
Said Grandpa - & no one suspected his trick.
Last night, for the sake of some old-fashioned fun, He had pulled the main switch - the old Son-of-a-Gun!

[come-hunt]

bignblue Did you write this? Thats a really , really good poem Don

[Big N' Blue]

No Don, can't take credit for it but I do wish I had that much talent. When I got it it was signed anonamous. Thought I would pass it on for others to enjoy.

Hope you have a safe and wonderful Christmas.

David

[cougarhound]

that is the xmas that everyone should experience at least once,i'm only 38 years old but am old school, i refuse to even own a cell phone.

[coadycurbow]

Thanks for sharing, that is a cool poem. Last year during February, we had a foot of snow and ice hear in East Tx. That is very unusual for this part of the world. Our power lines aren't designed for it so we were out of electricity for about four days. We have a fire place in the living room so my wife, three kids, and I kept a big fire and lived in the living room the whole time.

My kids ask me all the time, when is it going to snow so we can move back in the living room! Those were some of the best days we had together last year.

The only bad part was that our hog dogs couldn't do anything on snow. We were finding hogs until it snowed and as soon as it started melting we started baying them again. LOL

[porkchop]

Big N' Blue,
That was a Great poem, Do you have the name of who wrote it? Thanks for shring my Kids and I really enjoyed it... Merry Christmas

[M Evertsen]

Nice poem.

Thanks for sharing!

[mofo21]

that is the xmas that everyone should experience at least once,i'm only 38 years old but am old school, i refuse to even own a cell phone.

but you have the internet so you can get on biggamehoundsmen.com

Very good poem wish we had a fireplace just incase the power went out here. Merry Christmas all