Sing it Loud!

I've been thinking about songs that were meaningful to me as a child and taught me the ways of the world , and a few songs come right away. There is, of course, the obvious:



My friend from up the street, Paul, taught it to me when we were playing on his slide in his back yard (when I was five).

And then, moving to the swings, this was my song of choice while swinging in my back yard:



The key, of course, was to run inside and put on your sunday shoes so that you could kick them off at the appropriate point. Then jump off in sock feet, run across the muddy lawn, and put them back on so you could do it again. Oddly I have no memories of my mother stopping this fun game.

Also, I enjoyed singing this one.


Possibly I enjoyed this song by Kenny so much because of this:


*K is thrilled I'm doing this post, by the way. I think she's heard the Gambler 5 times now as I pick the right video to embed. And yet even though this is the 5th time it is playing, she's kinda dancing over there while she reads.