Singing

Do any of you folks get two songs stuck in your brain and sing them together? This happens to me all the time. For two days now I have had a Bruce Springsteen song and a Diana Ross and the Supremes song rumbling around - it turns out this way . . .

I can't believe what you say
No I can't believe what you say
Oh babe
Oh the pain, the pain

The Bruce Springsteen song is Fade Away or I Don't Want To Fade Away (something like that - if I was not so lazy, I would check) - but I think you are receiving the wave length. The Diana Ross and the Supremes song is Reflections. I can have five songs rolling at one time in my brain from Hank Williams to Hendrix. Sometimes it is only one song but I sing it three different ways. Take City of New Orleans written by Steve Goodman. I like to sing that song - doing Sammi Smith, Steve Goodman, and Arlo Guthrie.

Then, comes the American National Anthem. I like the melody to the song, it is a hard song to sing. I think at one time it was a believable song, but not so much today. Our Canadian Anthem is much easier to sing - well, not in french though. I only and will always sing the English version.

I enjoy to sing. I even put words to songs that have no words. For instance, the theme song from The Waltons (I love that show). Some songs to which I have no clue what the words are, well I make them up.

When I turned six years old (I started school when I was five), my Mom received a telephone call from my teacher, Miss Ongman. She greeted my Mom, said she had a question about your daughter. Mom became quite alarmed (of course, I did not know this until several years later) and inquired what is the problem? Miss Ongman replied - no problem - I would like your daughter to sing a christmas carol at the christmas concert, solo - would that be ok for you? My Mom laughed and said, of course it would be fine.

We had a trial run. Miss Ongman played the piano. All went well. The day of the christmas concert, I was introduced as was the song I was to sing - Away In A Manger. I walked up to my masking tape 'X' , with my hands together, bowed to the audience and started to sing. I wanted to see my Mom and Dad and spotted them, I did not break in the song, I simply raised my left hand up and waved to them. My Dad waved back. I bowed after my song and left the stage. My introduction to stardom came and left within five minutes.

I continued to sing in several christmas concerts, I loved doing that. Here, on the mountain side well, I sing to the animals. We have regulars that come, they know my voice. I think they are beginning to understand some of my favorite songs. Who would have thought!