Gram Rose Poem by Ima Ryma

1895 was the year
Great Grandma Rose got her big break,
Doing an ad for a French beer,
Quite a sensation Gram did make.
Cuz drinking beer was not deemed then
To be a ladylike deed done.
The prudes scorned it as downright sin.
So Gram Rose thought it would be fun
To do taboo and do the ad,
Knowing she would be the cause sure
Of making lots of the prudes mad.
Gram had a mischief side to her.

Even funnier when I think,
Alcohol, Gram Rose did not drink.