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Uncle Fletcher
And the song he forced kids to sing
Uncle Fletcher is a jolly old soul, a jolly old soul is he.
That is what all the boys and girls, nieces and nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews were singing. It’s the first line of the Uncle Fletcher Song, the song Uncle Fletcher made all the kids sing together to him before he would play with anyone.
Uncle Fletcher threw a big party at his house on the first day of summer every year. Attendance was usually around 47, depending on whether or not Beth and Cody came to town, and they were all related by either blood or marriage.
During his party Uncle Fletcher completely ignored all the adults, letting them have their own party. Uncle Fletcher spent all his time with the children…
…and there were 17 of them!
The second line of the Uncle Fletcher Song:
Uncle Fletcher never stops playing, oh fiddly dee dee.
It was Uncle Fletcher who taught the song to all the kids. He grilled them until every one of them knew all the words to the song by heart. If anyone wanted anything from Uncle Fletcher they had to sing the song first.
(Author’s note: I’m going to throw a lot of names at you in short order. DO NOT try to remember any of them. Just let them flow gently…
