13 things she sings:
Why have I chosen this? My mother used to sing lots when I was little. She did it anywhere. She had a good voice, but my God, I cringed together with my sister when she did it. She’d sing them over and over and over and over and over again. I learned them off by heard from the day I gave up a pacifier until I left home. Are we ready?
One and two are relics of my aunt’s wedding. My mother sang at the wedding. Sheesh. I still remember all those words, and knowing my mother, I’m pretty sure the quality of the pronunciation isn’t very sound.
- Panis Angelicus (My aunt converted to marry her Catholic)
- Ave Maria. (My sister and I did a mean little harmony on this one)
- Camelot (and I suppose all the leaves fall into neat little piles)
- My Fair Lady Carousel
- Porgy and Bess
- Carmen Jones (the Dorothy Dandridge version with the boxer)
- High Society
- South Pacific
- Kiss Me Kate
- Sound of Music
- The Pyjama Game
- West Side Story
- Guys and Dolls
(Oklahoma, The King and I, Kismet)
4 comments:
Ooh, I sing a lot of songs from those Broadway shows...even have several of them on my MP3 player! Excellent list. Must bring back some very pleasant memories for you.
I can't carry a tune. In fact my kids would scream until I stopped signing when they were babies - hope I didn't scar them for life! Doesn't stop me though - I love some of those tunes...humming right along...
Oh, How did I miss this????
I love, love, love show tunes. I used to put on the (vinyl) album of Sound of Music when nobody was home and SING!!! I adored Camelot (No..the "whistle" blow away completed... after dark... of course.. .of course).
Once we were babysitting the grandson and we were out in a row boat. I started singing from Guys & Dolls -- "sit down, sit down, sit down, you're rocking the boat." And I looked at my husband and said, "I want to be the grandparents who teach the kids showtunes." Figured that'd be the end of our babysitting days, huh? I mean, when the macho Italian's son starts singing show tunes, I'm going to get a look over the spaghetti, aren't I? Yes.
My mom always sang while doing the dishes. It was a sign that she was in a good mood, which was good for me.
By the way, I tagged you from my blog. I don't know how to make the linky thing work here, so I'll just pop in the url if you don't mind: http://chumpletwrites.blogspot.com/
2007/11/speaking-of-memories.html. Participate if you wish, but I think everyone would be interested in your earliest memory.
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