Our old collection from 1952 still sits in our storage room in the basement, gathering dust. Jeannie sang that song for me then, and her singing of it leaves me breathless even now, whenever I play it over.... I just hope we live long enough to get all those tapes copied and organized- as well as George's thousands of photos...Life's TOO SHORT!

(Note: I haven't listened lately, but seems to me that Jeannie did repeat that second line, "he takes that strange girlie on to his knee," as she did in the later verse about the blackbird. It wouldn't matter much,- but I'll let you know when I listen again. Jean