Country Crest Dinner Music

Both my dad and Marv’s mom spent their final years at Country Crest SNF. There has got to be a way for decent food to be offered these people at the end of the road. There is precious little left for them to enjoy in life, and a good meal should be at the top of the list. I wrote this little song while Dad was there and I think he appreciated it.

Mystery Meals

(sung to the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic)

They’re serving up the dinner and I sit down eagerly

I ask them what I’m eatin’ and they shrug quite helplessly

They tell me that it’s healthy and to eat it thankfully

The Mystery Meals are here

chorus

Come, and sit down at the table

Bring your Maalox if you’re able

Good nutrition’s just a fable

The Mystery Meals are here

I lift the cover on my dinner just to take a peek

I poke it gently with my fork and then hear someone shriek:

“What is this crap they’ve served us now, that we’re supposed to eat!?”

The Mystery Meals are here  (sing chorus)

I eat my dinner cautiously and try to keep it down

And hope for something yummy when they bring dessert around

Dessert is an enigma, too, a sort of greenish-brown

The Mystery Meals are here  (sing chorus)