Mom’s Birthday Book,

Is Coming Along,

Very Nicely

And Lady J

Has Been Posting

Some Very Interesting Articles

About Brother Ed’s Escapades Lately

And Sending Me Some Very Old Pictures

Thank You, Lady J!

“Life’s pretty good.

And why wouldn’t it be?

I’m a Pirate, after all!”

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Ed Matlack

I will never forget that summer

When my Other Brother Big Ed

Decided that we would be pirates

His decision, I would truly dread

“Pee Wee, we have to build us a ship,

And it has to be ship shape and level,

 I will be the Big Bad Captain, Big Ed,

And we’ll name her, The Jersey Devil!”

“Now, we’re gonna need lots of wood,

And we’re gonna need lots of real big nails,

She has to be a very reliable old pirate ship,

So we can plunder old New Jersey as we sail!”

And, of course, he meant I would build it

He always made me do all the heavy work

I had to haul all that stuff out to the Barrens

And he sat around, like a Pirate Captain jerk

And, of course, when it was finally finished

He always insisted I had to walk that plank

He also blamed me that one real stormy day

When in the thick mud, that ship almost sank

And, of course, he always slept in the cabin

He made me sleep in the old ‘Shark Shack’

And, of course, he always ate up all the food

That dear old Mom gave us in our pirate sack

But the Good Lord finally answered my little prayer

That pirate ship was hit by lightning one stormy night

I don’t think I ever saw my Big Brother Ed run so fast

As he ran home yellin, “Momma!” I laughed with delight

Remember That Night, Mom?!!

But after that old pirate ship had burned to the ground

Big Brother Ed decided that we would now be Cowboys

“Pee Wee Ed, you’re gonna be my goofy little sidekick,

And I’m gonna be that hero, Hopalong Eddie – Oh, Boy!”

(But That’s Another Story)

And We Only Tease,

The Ones We Really Love!

☺2007, Mr. (Pee Wee) Ed