When Betty Met Jimmy

Came World War II

 

Pat reenlisted in the Navy

 

He went off to fight in the war

 

Melba stayed home and worked

 

Bought a house with her savings

 

Jack and Ronald also went off to war

 

Jack joined the Marine Corps

 

Ronald joined the Air Force

 

Betty worked as a waitress for a spell

 

She met a young man named Frank

 

He was handsome and daring

 

An Army man

 

Betty and Frank got married

 

On their honeymoon he got drunk

 

And beat her up

 

He was very mean to her

 

They were only married a short time

 

When he was called overseas

 

To fight in the war

 

Not long after his departure

 

Betty received a letter from Frank

 

Saying he met another girl overseas

 

He wanted an anullment

 

So he could marry his new sweetheart

 

Betty was hurt and humiliated

 

She divorced Frank right away

 

Betty met a lady named Marguerite

 

She owned a local tavern in town

 

Marguerite and Betty became good friends

 

Betty came and lived with her and her husband George

 

She did housework and chores for room and board

 

Marguerite had connections in the local Burlesque Show

 

Where Betty got a job singing and dancing on stage

 

Everyone liked Betty Eileen

 

She was sweet, innocent and shy

 

With the voice of a hummingbird

 

And a figure like Gypsy Rose Lee

 

Whenever Betty got up on the stage

 

There was always a hush in the room

 

All eyes were on her

 

She crooned her audience with her natural talent

 

Betty loved to watch the slap stick comedy acts

 

She loved to play the guitar

 

Sometimes she would sit in with the band

 

She was on the road to stardom

 

Betty took a second job working in a glass factory

 

There she met a young Sailor named Jimmy

 

He had a crush on her the very moment

 

That he first laid eyes on her

 

She was so beautiful with long dark auburn hair

 

Eyes of brown and a freckled face

 

One day she didn't show up for work

 

Jimmy was looking for her at her work station

 

Not paying attention to what he was doing

 

He stuck his hand in the machine

 

His middle finger was cut off

 

He didn't notice until the guy next to him fainted

 

He was off to the hospital

 

But where was his beautiful Betty Eileen

 

A few days later she showed up at work

 

Jimmy wasn't about to let her get away

 

He asked her out to dinner and a movie

 

She consented and they had a good time

 

Jimmy left his wallet behind at the tavern

 

Betty found it and saved it for him

 

The next time they met he was so surprized

 

Most girls he met weren't so honest as she

 

Not only was she pretty she was smart too

 

They fell in love and married

 

Within a year Betty became pregnant

 

But she miscarried time and again

 

Often she had to be bedridden

 

Finally she had a baby girl named Barbara

 

A bouncy blonde haired little girl

 

Chubby cheeks and dimples too

 

Sometimes they called her "Butterball"

 

After Barbie was born

 

Betty miscarried a few more times

 

Then she gave birth to their second child

 

Another little girl named Deborah

 

After Debbie was born

 

Betty could have no more children

 

Jimmy often cried

 

Sometimes he drank too much

 

Times were tough for them financially

 

Emotionally they were both drained

 

From all the heartache they went through

 

Still they were quite happy with their little family

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

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yikes! Got his fingers cut off... ouchies!

"butterball" what a cute nickname!

I've enjoyed reading your progression through your family tree. Very interesting family history. makes for a great story!