We were driving home from chemo today and stopped at a light. Ger was talking to Keri on the phone and I was driving. It was just 5:00 and the clock tower at the intersection we were stopped at started playing "America". You know, "My Country Tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty", da da da da . . .
I could not, for the life of me, place the tune. The light changed and on we drove with this song haunting my brain. "It's familiar, I know this song, What the heck is it?", were the thoughts going through my head. BONG! It hit me what the first line was and that was where I got stuck. I kept singing it over and over in my head and came up with the line, "Land ofthe pilgrim's pride" but nothing else would come. I used to know this song word for word with out thinking twice. How come I couldn't come up with the words? I came home and went on to Google to find the rest of the song. OF COURSE ! Now why couldn't I remember the words?
I know why . . . we NEVER EVER sing our patriotic songs any more. Is there a radio station out there that just plays good old fashioned AMERICAN music? If there is it is probably a country music station and I DO NOT listen to country!
I have talked before about music class in elementary school. I could sing you the theme song for every branch of the military. Those caissons went rolling along with off we go into the wild blue yonder. I still am not sure what a caisson is but there was a song about them.
The country has changed. :-( How sad!
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