I originally published this poem way back in the days of my very early blogging adventures on Associated Content before Yahoo got greedy + decided to eat it up and lose the work of thousands of authors.
There are so many things I could add to this list of “Things Dads Say” – but for now, since it IS Father’s Day today – as we always say around here: done is better than none.
Also, it dawned on me, maybe you need a really quick father’s day gift or card last-minute – so I’ve got you covered with a free printable of this poem. No sign up required – the download links are at the end of this post.
**Dad-isms, the Things Dads Say: A Father’s Day Poem** A little dirt never hurt anybody Keep your eye on the ball We’ve got to toughen you up You’ll learn someday It’ll be all right What? Us kids were just having fun. Who wants pancakes? I’m just gawking Go ask your mother What did your mother say? You didn’t get that from me Do what I say, not what I do It builds character Hay is for horses If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it It’s not worth doing unless you do it right Nobody said it would be easy Oh c’mon, you can do it You had to learn the hard way, didn’t you? Listen to your mother Money doesn’t grow on trees You kids don’t know what hard work is I’m not made of money Don’t throw that out! We can use that! Just because it’s more expensive doesn’t mean it’s better That’s a steal! We’re not lost I just don’t know where we are It’s that place where the post office used to be Keep your hands on the wheel Give it a little gas…Not that much! Brake! Braake! Stop! What were you thinking? You’re only young once Has anyone seen my keys? Jacket? Hat? Glasses? I’m not sleeping I’m just resting my eyes Zzz…What? I’m awake. Why’d you turn the TV off? When I was your age… What was I saying? Oh yeah… Sleep tight don’t let the bedbugs bite See you later alligator After awhile crocodile Love Ya --- Poem by Chelle Stein, (Originally Published on AssociatedContent.com, February 2009)
It’s funny cause I wrote this poem in 2009 and I just realized I wrote this before my youngest kiddo was born – this would have been after Ray’s very first Father’s Day when I wrote it. Yeesh, I wrote this poem more than 15 years ago!
Printable Version
This high-res PDF printable will look best if you print it on Legal Sized Paper, but you can always scale it to fit letter sized or even A4 when you go to print it. (See my tips on resizing embroidery patterns for how to do that!)
For the image, just click on + save the graphic below.
You can share the graphic on social media or print out this poem to send your own dads or even print + cut out for journals and scrapbooks or even just copy/paste the text to send via email. I mean, do whatever you want that is reasonable as long as you aren’t making money off of it lol.
Send it to all ye padres out there that you love + Happy Happy Father’s Day to all of you!
Got a Dadism to add to this list? You know I want to hear it! Share it in the comments below!