Christmas was fast approaching and we knew dad's
brothers would be coming to visit. Silas and Elzie and
families.
Dad frequently mocked their "holier than thou"
attitude. (whether they had one or not).
Sooooo, we decided to give dad an early Christmas
present.
Nancy, Dee-Dee and me wrote a song that we were sure
dad would love.
Silas and Elzie dropped in right before Christmas and
brought their families along.
After everyone got "hunkered down" (a little Ozarkian
verbal acrobatics for ya) we asked dad if we could sing a
song.
"Is it a Christmas song,”he asked, in a mildly
threatening way.
“Oh, no!” Nancy explained. " It's a song we wrote about
Silas and Elzie.”
Well, everyone agreed that this was appropriate and
timely, so dad gave us his personal o.k.
Soooooooo, we started singing (to the tune of the Ballad of
Jed Clampett).

Uncle Si and Uncle Elzie,
always go to church,
but guess which people,
are the worst,
We may not go to church,
or Sunday school,
but we know the "golden rule".
Hallelujah, brothers,
Hallelujah!
Save you sinners, brothers,
Save you sinners!
On the hallelujah part we started dancing, jumping up
and down, waving our arms in the air and rolling our eyes
back, like typical "holy rollers".
Well, remember how I said that we thought dad would
like the song?
Do you remember the movie, "Billy Jack"? The part
where the "rednecks” poured flour on the little girl's head
and Billy Jack went berserk?
My dad got that mad!( In fact, nobody thought the song
was funny except mom who ran to the bathroom and laughed
her "you know what" off.)
Fortunately, dad got into the eggnog (spiked with Jack
Daniels) when the 'bible thumpers" left, and forgot the

whole incident.