They thought they had run out of names
To call their last born son,
Didn’t think too hard?
Were caught off guard?
For there was more than one.
The firstborn son, Charles Brian
Charles, our maternal dad
Brian, a name
Mum liked, the same
Together, sounds not bad
The second lad called Robert,
McCabe his middle name
Robert, our dad,
McCabe, did add
Dad’s mother, had the same.
The third boy, got Hugh Douglas
An uncle of our dad
No sons did sire
T’ his name acquire
So given to this lad
Fourth born, another family name
A ‘William Penny’ he
Dad’s bro. also
But he had no
Sons, his own name to be
Fifth boy called aft’ mum’s sister,
Bill Arthur, had wed she
Dad had just read
Of boy David
Hence David Arthur he
And then there came the last born
‘bout Samuel, dad had read,
That was first name
But nothing came
To compliment the said
While born at home, was rushed to
The Children’s hospital
The nurses said
Around mum’s bed
Some names quite possible
Like Samuel James, or Michael
Or Samuel Jason too
Those didn’t fit in
Then "Samuel Colin"
THAT’S IT, that one will do.
Our mum was Florence Gregg Ross
With none called after her
So Gregg, Lawrence,
Could’ve had a chance
Our mothers name to bear
Years aft. I asked the eldest,
“Near age fifteen, didn’t fit”
“Disgusted was”.......
Came his response,
.......“My parents were still ‘at it’”
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