FAMILY HISTORY TRAIN CAR

FAMILY HISTORY TRAIN CAR

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A magnifying glass,

I’ll need bringing to pass…

Particulars

Of my forebears,

A project destined to last.

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Tom Caswell–sixteen thirty-nine–

Landed on these shores the first time…

His Papa was caught

In a land promotion plot,

Tom’s Papa convicted of crime!

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I have an idea in N scale

Of celebrating that tale…

Sixteen thirty-nine

Was a long time

Ago on my family’s trail.

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Three hundred and fifty years,

In nineteen eighty-nine, appears..

Since my ancestor landed

On these shores (empty-handed?),

Susque-tricentennial  cheers!

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The idea is to letter a car,

That hasn’t made progress so far…

The numbers small

Won’t fit all

I feel like I’m stuck in cold tar!

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I’m thinking of larger scales,

Where fumble fingers won’t fail…

Bicentennial cabeese

Relettered at least,

Would be perfect to tell the tale!

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–Jonathan Caswell

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