lovedale

musical agony...

I was at an Indian store yesterday when this delightful little number started to play.

Instant transport to musical hell.

Fourth grade.

Being made to sing this song by my seniors.

And dance.

And realize I really cannot sing a Hindi number...well.

Bobby has never been the same for me again. Just keep the crow away from me.

strawberries, cherries...

...h/t to Anu for making me think of this song. In her comment on my post about King Star...she spoke of strawberries being sold outside. Which, in turn...made me search for a particular piece of music. Hum along if you remember this:

sing-a-long...

...we used to sing this song...A Whole Lot. While on the bus going to school. From school. On our way to camp. On our way to the train station. Unfortunately, I tend to associate this song with feeling really queasy. Whenever we started to sing this, the bus would be working its way up curving hairpin bends or going down them. And well....I will let matters rest delicately right there...

my man cliff...

While I work on my post for this week, here's a musical interlude. Raise your hand if you remember Cliff Richard singing...Bachelor Boy. Okay - this is a song from the early sixties and before I was a twinkle in anyone's eye - but somehow (like Cliff) it endures. I remember it from long bus rides through the Nilgiris and during outward bound camps (a possible hint about the content of my next post?)...

hymn fifteen...

...talk about your classic ear worm. 

This song has been bouncing around in my head of late. I'm not sure why...although it took me till today to realize I may just have it in our hymn book! Et voila!

 

sing, sing a (lovedale) song...

...Yohan Chacko remembers Lovedale in song. Enjoy the clip!

singing as the wheels on the bus go 'round...

...and 'round.

Singing for what seemed like several hours, actually. Lovedale's location meant we took our school bus - everywhere. To Ooty for 'outings'; to various schools for Inter-School competitions; to camp...

We also took Cheran buses to and from our various rail heads at the start and end of each school term. Do you remember the journey? Winding through hairpin bends...enjoying the views and getting gloriously sick... hmmm....that last bit may have just been me!

Here's one fo the songs we used to sing along the way. It's Surangini and I wasn't aware it was a Sri Lankan song? We apparently adapted the verses and sang lines like these:

If you want to marry me darling/you'd better not come at four/Papa will be waiting with a shotgun at the door...

No wonder I'm still single.

on a musical nostalgia roll...

...one final one for tonight. It's Karen Carpenter, singing 'Rainy Days and Mondays'. Why does this one remind me of school dances?

such a feeling's...

...coming over me...

I still sing this one on a bright sunny day. Remember Top of the World? Another golden (non-hymn) musical memory from Lovedale - the Carpenters!

sunday morning...up with the lark...

...more musical nostalgia for some of us OL's. Actually - thank Karan for this one! :)

Remember - Sunday Morning....up With the Lark...?