By Howie Silver Done laid around, done played around,This old town too long.Summer’s almost gone, winter’s coming onAnd I feel like I gotta travel on. So begins an old American folksong “Gotta Travel On.” It reflects a common theme of the transition from the lazy, hazy days to summer to the brisk, lively days of […]
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By Howie Silver Summertime, and the livin’ is easy,Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high. So begins the classic Gershwin Brothers ballad/lullaby “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess. While Washington state farmers grow over 300 different crops, apparently cotton is not one of them. However, the Chinook salmon and rainbow trout are jumping in the
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By Howie Silver Tra la! It’s May! The lusty month of May!That lovely month when everyone goes blissfully astray. So begins the song “The Lusty Month of May,” sung by Dame Julie Andrews as Queen Guenevere in the Broadway musical Camelot (written by Lerner and Lowe). In the song, May is a month of romantic
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By Howie Silver Though April showers may come your way,They bring the flowers that bloom in May,So if it’s raining have no regrets,Because it isn’t raining rain you know, it’s raining violets. This a well-known verse from a famous 1921 song composed by Louis Silvers with lyrics by B. G. De Sylva . It was made
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By Howie Silver It’s June in January,Because I’m in love, But only because I’m in love with you. This wonderful sentiment comes from a Bing Crosby #1 hit in 1934, “June in January,” written by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin. Whether you’re in Chicago, New York, Boston, or right here in the Pacific Northwest, January
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