Monday, January 02, 2006
Melody in F
(Prodigal Son)
Page 125-126
The Last of the Good Clean Joke Books
Compiled by: Bob Phillips
Feeling footloose and frisky, a feather-brained fellow
Forced his fond father to fork over the farthings.
And flew far to foreign fields
And frittered his fortune feating fabulously with faithless friends.
Fleeced by his fellows in folly, and facing famine.
He found himself a feed-flinger in a filthy farm yard.
Fairly famishing, he fain would've filled his frame
With foraged food from fodder fragments .
Fooey, my father's flunkies fare far finer,"
The frazzled fugitive forlornly fumbled, frankly facing facts.
Frustrated by failure, and filled with foreboding,
He fled forthwith to his family.
Falling at his Father's feet, he forlornly fumbled
"Father, I've flunked,
And fruitlessly forfeited family fellowship favor."
The far-sighted father, forestalling further flinching,
Frantically flagged the flunkies
Fetch a fatling from the flock and fix a feast.
The fugitive's fault-finding brother frowned
On fickle forgiveness of former folderol.
But the faithful father figured,
"Filial fidelity is fine, but the fugitive is found!
What forbids fervent festivity?
Let flags be unfurled! Let fanfares flare!"
Father's forgiveness formed the foundation
For the former fugitive's future fortitude!
Page 125-126
The Last of the Good Clean Joke Books
Compiled by: Bob Phillips
Feeling footloose and frisky, a feather-brained fellow
Forced his fond father to fork over the farthings.
And flew far to foreign fields
And frittered his fortune feating fabulously with faithless friends.
Fleeced by his fellows in folly, and facing famine.
He found himself a feed-flinger in a filthy farm yard.
Fairly famishing, he fain would've filled his frame
With foraged food from fodder fragments .
Fooey, my father's flunkies fare far finer,"
The frazzled fugitive forlornly fumbled, frankly facing facts.
Frustrated by failure, and filled with foreboding,
He fled forthwith to his family.
Falling at his Father's feet, he forlornly fumbled
"Father, I've flunked,
And fruitlessly forfeited family fellowship favor."
The far-sighted father, forestalling further flinching,
Frantically flagged the flunkies
Fetch a fatling from the flock and fix a feast.
The fugitive's fault-finding brother frowned
On fickle forgiveness of former folderol.
But the faithful father figured,
"Filial fidelity is fine, but the fugitive is found!
What forbids fervent festivity?
Let flags be unfurled! Let fanfares flare!"
Father's forgiveness formed the foundation
For the former fugitive's future fortitude!
