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-t - Jul 14, 2005 9:27:52 am PDT #818 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Hi Erin!

Nothing exciting has happened to me, and if I tried to recount otehr people's excitement I would surely forget to mention the most important things, so I will let someone else sum up.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has a Whitman Sampler Collection. The things I learn from google.


Laura - Jul 14, 2005 9:29:21 am PDT #819 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

And you have not truly lived until you have rented the RSC version and seen Hugh Jackman sing it, IJS.

Another bit of scrappy wisdom.

Oh What a Beautiful Morning is what I wake my kids with. Trust me on this, I don't do it quite so well.


Ginger - Jul 14, 2005 9:33:08 am PDT #820 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

My mother always sang, "Oh, how I hate to get up in the morning" to wake us up. I have no idea what it's from. My mother is a fount of obscure songs.


-t - Jul 14, 2005 9:34:39 am PDT #821 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I think that's Irving Berlin, but I'm not sure. I know more of the words, though - 'Oh how I hate the bugle's call" ... something about killing the guy who waked the bugler up. My mother sang it, too.

eta: Yup, Irving Berlin [link] It appears my mother got the lyrics wrong, or the boy scouts did. This is probably what she sang [link] and I'm remembering it wrong.


Laura - Jul 14, 2005 9:40:08 am PDT #822 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Yes, it was from the war time movie. Very cute. I sing that one too. My children have to endure my singing on a regular basis.


Topic!Cindy - Jul 14, 2005 9:42:27 am PDT #823 of 10001
What is even happening?

My mother sang that one, too (the hate one).


Ginger - Jul 14, 2005 9:45:47 am PDT #824 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I've taken a new tag from Irving Berlin. I don't know why I never thought to look up where that song was from before.

Mother always sang:

Oh, how I hate to get up in the morning!
Oh, how I'd love to remain in bed!
Ta da ta da
You've got to get up. You've got to get up.
You've got to get up this morning.

She apparently forgot the bugle part or thought it not relevant to the task of rousing us out of bed.


Sparky1 - Jul 14, 2005 9:45:51 am PDT #825 of 10001
Librarian Warlord

My mother did not sing to get us up. Her favorite trick was showing up in our bedroom with the vacuum on weekends. We had no curfews, but we were not allowed to sleep in -- had to appear at breakfast and face the parents.


EpicTangent - Jul 14, 2005 9:48:36 am PDT #826 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

My mother had a large repertoire of songs with which she woke me, though that song was not one of them.

Wow, Sparky, I think that policy might have led to me moving out at 18 - or younger. I'm so not a fan of the am, never have been.


-t - Jul 14, 2005 9:49:15 am PDT #827 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Mom didn't sing it to wake us up, it was just in her repertoire of old songs to warble while she did household chores. Which might be why my memories of it are fond and not aggravated.