Daddy, Daddy, you always said I <br />was the one most like you. Bold <br />and brazen. Extremely so, many <br />people would say. Like you a <br />know a little about everything. <br />And I never forget a name. <br />You used to say I was like <br />an elephant in that way! <br /> <br />Daddy, you always loved <br />to work. Traveling around <br />and living the essence <br />of the old south. You said <br />each time you visited Charleston, <br />a part of your Yankee upbringing died. <br /> <br />As I grew, when you would come home <br />you took me to bouncing knee, and <br />whispered
