Since I was a little elf
I’ve been teaching myself.
When I was alone
I learned stuff on my own.
I learned a lot
but mostly I’m self-taught.
When I was little
I learned to play my fiddle.
I learned over a hundred tunes
and I even draw cartoons.
I’m not like Farley Mowat
but I’m a self-taught poet.
Songs I learned to write
an’ I try to make them right.
I learned how to mush dogs
an’ I build cabins with logs.
I can make my own bannock
an’ I’m my own mechanic.
I learned chords on a guitar
an’ I learned how to drive a car.
Some things I never
learned from a text
so I’m self-taught regarding sex.
A rocket scientist I never became
and Einstein is not my name.
Didoo taught me a lot
which I never forgot
but mostly I’m self-taught.
