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Sheryl · 05-26-2006, 05:43 PM

My mom was into folk music. She took me to hootenannys (sp?) with her and her guitar. At times it seemed there were at least 100 or more people singing folk songs together. I remember Burl Ives on the radio, Roger Miller ("King of the Road"), the occasional Elvis song, Joan Baez, The Kingston Trio, Harry Belafonte was particularly popular in our household. My mom and I used to sing "Kingston Town" as a duet. We had a folk songbook (I copied a few songs from there and sent them to Cathy last year. It's ALL the old classic folkies) which she and I would play and sing together. I remember one song particularly was my favorite: "England swings like a pendulum do, Bobbies on bicycles two by two, Westminster Abbey, the Tower, Big Ben, the rosy-red cheeks of the little children." I have no idea who sang it, but, I'm sure with a little Googling I could find out. My mom had LOTS of LPs and she'd play them all day while cleaning and cooking. Ahh, those golden memories of when I was just a little tyke. One day, I guess I was about 4, I wanted to see them and play with them -- they were so pretty! (O.k., they were black, but, they were fascinating to me!) She gave me permission and I spread them all around myself. I'd look at each one, examining it. Then... I leaned forward to look at one farthest away... and CRAAACCCKK -- cracked two of 'em. <sigh> And that was the last time I got to see her records!! And there's my memory.

05-26-2006, 05:43 PM	#3
Sheryl Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: North Hollywood, CA USA Posts: 673	My mom was into folk music. She took me to hootenannys (sp?) with her and her guitar. At times it seemed there were at least 100 or more people singing folk songs together. I remember Burl Ives on the radio, Roger Miller ("King of the Road"), the occasional Elvis song, Joan Baez, The Kingston Trio, Harry Belafonte was particularly popular in our household. My mom and I used to sing "Kingston Town" as a duet. We had a folk songbook (I copied a few songs from there and sent them to Cathy last year. It's ALL the old classic folkies) which she and I would play and sing together. I remember one song particularly was my favorite: "England swings like a pendulum do, Bobbies on bicycles two by two, Westminster Abbey, the Tower, Big Ben, the rosy-red cheeks of the little children." I have no idea who sang it, but, I'm sure with a little Googling I could find out. My mom had LOTS of LPs and she'd play them all day while cleaning and cooking. Ahh, those golden memories of when I was just a little tyke. One day, I guess I was about 4, I wanted to see them and play with them -- they were so pretty! (O.k., they were black, but, they were fascinating to me!) She gave me permission and I spread them all around myself. I'd look at each one, examining it. Then... I leaned forward to look at one farthest away... and CRAAACCCKK -- cracked two of 'em. <sigh> And that was the last time I got to see her records!! And there's my memory.