Genealogy is my pastime, I shall not stray  
It maketh me to lie down and examine tombstones  
   It leadeth me into still courthouses  
It restoreth my Ancestral Knowledge  
It leadeth me in the paths of census records  
 and ships' passenger lists for my surnames' sake  
Yea, though I walk through the shadows  
 of research libraries and microfilm readers  
I shall fear no discouragement,    
for a strong urge is within me  
The curiosity and motivation, they comforteth me  
It demandeth preparation of storage space  
for the acquisition of countless documents  
It anointest my head with burning midnight oil  
My family group sheets runneth over  
Surely, birth, marriage, and death dates  
  shall follow me all the days of my life  
    And I shall dwell in the house  
       of a family history-seeker forever.