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Friday, August 12, 2011

Driving

Driving, I notice
I am singing old songs,
very old, that my father sang:

Day-zee, Day-zee
I-rene Goodnight
Meet / Me In / St Louis, Louis ...

My father loved cars and driving.
I notice I’m bringing him back
to sit with me as I drive,
and sing with me.
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 13, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    Ah...they just don't write 'em like that any more. Enjoy.

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  2. Rosemary Nissen-WadeAugust 13, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    Thanks, I will!

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  3. BarbAugust 14, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    Rosemary - Again you tell so much with such pureness and brevity.

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  4. Rosemary Nissen-WadeAugust 14, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    Thanks, Barb. Must be all that haiku / tanka training!

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  5. King of New York HacksAugust 17, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    I sing Goodnight Irene too as I'm driving and thinking of my Nana...these are the moments I cherish what she left behind. :)

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  6. Rosemary Nissen-WadeAugust 17, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    Oh, that's nice! Glad I'm not the only one. Now, when I drive, I'll also think that there is a NY taxi driver singing along. :)

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  7. PearlAugust 18, 2011 at 3:34 AM

    two of the same songs my dad liked to sing late in the evening or when tapping the steering wheel on long Sunday drives.

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  8. Rosemary Nissen-WadeAugust 18, 2011 at 7:18 AM

    Good driving songs, obviously. :)

    Nice to think that, in such different places and times, we shared some aspects of our childhoods.

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