To my children - the Singapore Singaaran and the American - and my First Mate, with whom I'll be celebrating our 12th wedding anniversary this July, Alhamdulillah (by His grace and mercy)...:
Al Bowlly's 'Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?' (1933)
Al Bowlly's 'Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?' (1933)
Did you ever see a dream walking?
Well, I did.
Did you ever hear a dream talking?
Well, I did.
Did you have a dream thrill you
With "Will you be mine?"
Oh, it's so grand,
And it's too divine!
Did you ever see a dream dancing?
Well, I did.
And did you ever see a dream romancing?
Well, I did!
Did you ever see heaven right in your arms,
Saying, "I love you, I do!"
Well, the dream that was walking,
And the dream that was talking,
And the heaven in my arms was you.
Here's the song on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6pfR7lsZWw&feature=related
Delightful and romantic. The Singapore Singaaran - who is a sweetheart - loves these kinds of songs, btw :).
As for me, such tunes get me smiling and dreaming of old American homes with dark solid banisters and woodwork, picture windows and jolly cushions on their seats, pastel rooms, cheerful, surrounded by oaks, elms and willows, French doors opening out onto pretty lawns with picnics on them, books and bikes and ice cream carts, bandanas, polka dots, bows and baseball caps - a rather idyllic idea of a healthy all-American life captured in Thomas Kindkade paintings, 'Hidden Valley' Ads, Wes Anderson's films (not 'healthy' but pulsing with vigor, at least) or the 'What Katy Did' books.
Well, I did.
Did you ever hear a dream talking?
Well, I did.
Did you have a dream thrill you
With "Will you be mine?"
Oh, it's so grand,
And it's too divine!
Did you ever see a dream dancing?
Well, I did.
And did you ever see a dream romancing?
Well, I did!
Did you ever see heaven right in your arms,
Saying, "I love you, I do!"
Well, the dream that was walking,
And the dream that was talking,
And the heaven in my arms was you.
Here's the song on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6pfR7lsZWw&feature=related
Delightful and romantic. The Singapore Singaaran - who is a sweetheart - loves these kinds of songs, btw :).
As for me, such tunes get me smiling and dreaming of old American homes with dark solid banisters and woodwork, picture windows and jolly cushions on their seats, pastel rooms, cheerful, surrounded by oaks, elms and willows, French doors opening out onto pretty lawns with picnics on them, books and bikes and ice cream carts, bandanas, polka dots, bows and baseball caps - a rather idyllic idea of a healthy all-American life captured in Thomas Kindkade paintings, 'Hidden Valley' Ads, Wes Anderson's films (not 'healthy' but pulsing with vigor, at least) or the 'What Katy Did' books.
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