“When I grow too old to DREAM…”

Sep 20th “When I grow too old to DREAM…”

“I’ll have YOU to REMEMBER…” Are you old enough to remember that old song? That is one song that I have never heard of in the early 1950’s, since I was interested in the “FAST” moving music – I had wings on my heels and was always flying – in a hurry!

Yesterday my son, Lee wanted to know what I wrote, as he is an over the road driver – just to keep all the animals well fed on the farm! So, I read the story on the “Irish Lullaby” and the very first thing he wanted to know – what was DAD’s favorite song? He said that DAD’s voice sounded a lot like “DEAN MARTIN’s the movie star and singer – and that he would remember DAD playing the harmonic and singing.

Lee, was correct- as we would take long trips driving St. Louis to Florida and back – so much, so – that I could drive almost without ever having to check the map – we traveled the same main course – sometimes a detour to see something of interest and then back on the main roads – till we would finally reach home or family in Missouri! We would have so much “FUN” singing – Lee Sr., was the real singer – had so much feeling that he would put into his songs – and that is one thing that I really miss, today. No one sings like my husband Lee Sr., and for a voice similar – “Dean Martin” comes close in some of his songs?

So, while Lee Jr., was on the phone – I pulled up the song, “When I grow too old to DREAM…” and while the music was playing I sang along. The singer was nothing like what I remember – the way Lee would sing it to me – but for the general idea – I ‘m guessing my son got the idea?

Today, when I had the time to check out if “DEAN MARTIN” sang “When I grow too old…” – there was nothing that I could find – but I did find and listen to him singing “La Vie EN ROSE” – and – now I will check that song out again – when my son is on the phone and see if he thinks that song – sounds something like his DAD’s singing voice – that he remembers? When checking out “DEAN MARTIN” – found that his birth date is a couple months earlier, than my husband – so maybe lots of men born that year have very good singing voices – maybe some of the “gifts” that are handed out in different years – are similar to all in a particular year – and then it is up to each individual to cultivate the talents and or work on improving them so that in developing their talents – they will find a way to make a way to earn a living with some down to earth “HARD-WORK!” “What do you think?”

There was another singer, “NELSON EDDY” – that sang “When I grow too old…”- that I believe really sings a song in a way you could just listen to him forever. But it is the words of “When I grow too old to DREAM …” that we need to give some serious thought to? During times of “WAR” and “FAMILY” separations – “We want someone to think about us – as we are thinking about them?” “Would you be thinking that – you would be feeling better – if someone you “LOVED” was thinking of the two of you together?” – “SOME-TIMES???”