My Harley loves being kissed on the nose. He sighs and just sinks in as I kiss his cute nose. Before I talk Green, I must give a shout out to the wonderful Robyn Engel, Life by Chocolate, which is German for Angel and I think she is one...a delightful chocolate angel who can write fun poems that are full of double entrendres and promiscuity is the rage...I love it! Every year, she has an anti-Valentine challenge and, unbelievably, I won. Due to all the crappola of a certain orange carrot( no, not James Arness from "The Thing"), my gift from Robyn, was delayed at the border for a long time. Fearing they were eating my gift, it finally came this past Saturday! I was incredulous at how lavish my gift was. You can see it in the picture although I already ate 2 of the small raspberry chocolates, which were divine. It was so sweet and I love ya and think so highly of you, Robyn. Thank you so much...I mean this with all my heart. Oh, yes the chocoloate mints are gone too.
Ok, back to Green, over at Monday Music Moves Me, the theme is Green since St. Patrick's Day is this Monday. Here are my 3...
1. THE GREEN FIELDS OF FRANCE SUNG BY JOHN MCDERMOTT- 1992
This song was written by Scottish born, Australian, Eric Bogly back in 1976 about a soldier during World War 1. He always felt Canadian John McDermott, was the best singer for his song. He is a great Canadian who loves his roots and loves the soldiers who fought in the wars.
2. THE GREEN ISLE OF ERIN SUNG BY THE IRISH TENORS-2000
Ok, I think this is from 2000 but, no matter, it's a great rendition of this classic song written by John McCormack around 1904 or so. Originally, the Irish Tenors included John McDermott, but, when his mom died in 2000, he had to leave so the members were Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan and Finbar Wright.
3. THE ORANGE AND THE GREEN SUNG BY THE IRISH ROVERS-1992?
These guys are part of the Canadian playbook. Their biggest song was "Wasn't It a Party" and I could relatebto this song back in the day. This song was written by Anthony Murphy and this was sung by the great Jimmy Ferguson who lent a baritone to the group as well as humor. Unfortunately, he died in 1997 of a heart attack at the age of 57...way too young.
What green song can you think of? What's your favourite chocolate?
By the way the art piece on the wall was created by my hubby. He does this by woodburning. It's what brought us together.
Hi Birgit - green is distinctly better than burnt orange ... the only one I can think of is 'Green Green Grass of Home' sung by Tom Jones. Chocolate - now that's another matter ... anything as long as it's not green, nor orange ... I do like truffles ... and that art piece is extraordinary - talented hubby - cheers Hilary
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ReplyDeleteI am tacking on an extra day of blog duty so that I can comment on this post of yours, dear friend. The blissful look in Harley's eyes barks volumes about how he feels when you give him nose kisses. Please ship your gentle giant down to me, BB. I have a black belt in nose kissing and want to raise him as my very own. And yessum, I am willing to pay a steep tariff to import him!
Congratulations on winning Robyn's anti-Valentine challenge and that yummy prize. I enjoyed your playlist posted in advance of Saint Patrick's Day. "Green Fields Of France" is a powerful song, and I agree that Canadian John McDermott was the ideal vocalist to convey the musical tribute to a fallen soldier in WWI, a young lad of nineteen. It puts me in mind of "19" by Paul Hardcastle, a song about the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War that references the average age of combat soldiers in that engagement.
:"Green Isle Of Erin" is another powerful, evocative song, and the Irish Tenors deliver it with perfection. The Irish Rovers are best known in the U.S. for their 1968 top 10 hit cover of Shel Silverstein's song "The Unicorn" released by the Chicago-based songwriter and cartoonist in 1962. Credited as The Rovers, the band topped the Canadian chart in 1980 with the rowdy song you mentioned, "Wasn't That a Party." That single barely made it into the top 40 in the U.S. I just listened to it on Y/T and don't think I ever heard it before. Jimmy Ferguson was indeed a fine singer and I enjoyed this clip of him fronting the band on "The Orange And The Green."
In addition to the Tom Jones hit mentioned by Hilary (above), I am fond of a few other green songs including "Green Grass" by Gary Lewis And The Playboys, "Long Green" ("the root of evil") by The Kingsmen and "Greenbacks" ("Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands") by brother Ray Charles.
Have a fun St. Paddy's Day, dear friend BB, and don't forget the wearin' of the green. I'll see you around the first of April. Until then, take good care of yourself and your animal family!
Your first song was so poignant and the last song had me tapping my feet. I remember Robyn from a Blogging from A to Z Challenge years ago - I lost track of her blog a while back, too, and happy to know she is still around. I love chocolate, especially dark chocolate. White chocolate, not so much. I'm not Irish but I have a family member who was born on St. Patrick's Day. Does that make me a honorary Irish person?
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