Here’s how you can tell you’re the parent of little kids, in case the brightly colored shards of broken toys all over your living room isn’t evidence enough: Upon seeing the headline above, you think, “The guy who wrote ‘The Itsy Bitsy Spider’ is still alive?” At least, that was my first thought.
Then I clicked on the story itself and felt a little foolish.
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It’s kind of weird that the widow wishes that the real songwriter hadn’t mentioned anything; what, is he supposed to not correct people who think he’s dead?
That’s exactly what I was going to say!
I hadn’t read that far down. That’s really funny. I love the fact that she promises not to “go after him for the royalties.” Smart move, lady.
You gotta feel sorry for her, of course. She was told a decades-long whopper by the man she loved.
He probably made it up to get her into a skimpy little swimsuit one time, then had to stick to it.
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