Gra'nanny Bed

Gra'nanny nurse come today.
And den Gra'nanny got a bed.
Gra'nanny ain't never had no bed befo'.
Gra'nanny sleep on the flo'.
Sometime I sleep dere with her,
when my bed full,
or I watch TV,
or it thunder.
But now Gra'nanny got a bed.
It go up an' down.
It set Gra'nanny right up, like in a chair,
only she still be in da bed.
It got bars she hold on.

How dat bed get here?
It be big. It be a whole bed.
Dem elevators broke.
Dey always broke.
Don't think dat bed fly upstairs
an' come in a winda'.
But it here.

Gra'nanny nurse come today.
The POlice brung her.
I was scared at first,
but he nice.
He show me his star,
and he play with me.
Gra'nanny nurse, she got needles
and stuff dat smell funny.
But Mr. POlice tell me stories.
He strong.
He pick me up when we play.
He help Momma.
He say the POlice got a summer camp
for kids like me.
I don't know about dat.
The POlice, dey got guns,
an' dey lock you up.
I know dat.

Gra'nanny nurse come today.
An' Gra'nanny got a bed now.
The POlice brung da nurse,
an' I might go to camp!
Some day I gonna be strong like da POlice
and carry beds upstairs,
so nobody Gra'nanny
never sleep on da flo' no mo'.