A Genealogy “Psalm” by Wildamae Brestal

I was directed to this by a friend of mine today. It’s a “rewrite” of a slightly more famous psalm that you may recognize!

Genealogy is my Pastime by Wildamae Brestal

Genealogy is my pastime, I shall not stray.
It maketh me to lie down and examine half-buried tombstones.
It leadeth me into still courthouses;
It restoreth my ancestral knowledge.

It leadeth me in paths of census records and ship’s passenger lists for my surnames’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the shadows of research libraries and microfilm readers,
I shall fear no discouragement,
For a strong urge is within me.

The curiosity and motivation they comforteth me.
It demandeth preparation of storage space for the acquisition of countless documents.
It annointeth my head with burning midnight oil;
My family group sheets runneth over.

Surely birth, marriage, and death dates shall follow me all the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house of a family-history seeker forever and ever.