I'M MY OWN NOTAREE

"Oh I'm my own Notaree

    I'm my own Notaree

It sound funny I know,

     But it really is so

Oh, I'm my own No-ta-ree!"

For you see...this thick

    envelope came in the mail...

Never mind, it was private

    big business---

an' I hadta' sign six times...

Oh yes, six times I hadta' sign...

    "Piece o' cake," I laughed,

"Piece o' cake I sang"

     "For there are many No-ta-rees!"

So we called Pat-see 'cross the

     street... works at a bank...

Ah, she'd retired.

Allison, runs a big Title Company,

     closes houses, heavy-duty

know-how lady, and a no-ta-ree...

     off pescando en Cancun.

Where else, called my bank...

     I knew the manager...

"Hey  An-dee you got no-ta-rees

     hanging from the rafters,

right down there, right?"

"Well, no, it's just me and Ed...

     an' he's out-in-the-field

all day long, practically, 

     you know."

"Can you take care of this

      for me, then?" Remember

I have ten G's in yore bank!"

"Wal, I don't do much of no

     notorizing...you see it

brings in no profit for the

     bank, and you know---

bottom line and all, haha,

     I can see you a week from

Thursday." 

I was ticked off and I lied:

    "Hey, An -dee, I just recalled---

my brother-in-law is a no-ta-ree.."

      (Shame on me, I had fibbed.)

At the office supply company

    I picked up forms, sent a fee

to Santa Fe, got bonded, bought

    my labeler-thing (they don't mash

anymore) an' I signed an' no-ta-reed

    those six documents...

and I reckon a suaver one never lived..                  than me,

    and I was done with it---

It was a right smart

    easier than scouring the town

for a reluctant no-ta-ree...

"Oh, I'm my own no-ta-ree,

     I'm my own no-ta-ree,

It sounds funny I know 

     But it really is so---

I'm my own no-ta-ree."

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BY MIL

17 APRIL 17