It's fun to read the whole thread and theorize on whose parents are/were what age. Many posts reminded me "Oh, yes, that too." The Captain and the Mermaid, The Pope, Eddystone Light, various Harry Lauder, Coney Island Baby, much Gilbert and Sullivan, Bless 'em All, A Capital Ship. My mother and father grew up on Cohan and Irving Berlin, but they learned a lot of songs from the Brit and Aussie and New Zealander sailors whom they hosted on Long Island on liberties during WWII, and long after Dad had died and she could barely remember who my sister and I were she still sang the chorus to Roll Me Over In the Clover to herself walking down the hallway. I always hope that, as is often said, the songs really ARE the last thing to go.
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