October 23, 2003

• Bewitched, bothered and bewildered

  No, that's not how I feel about a guy... that's my new song of the moment. I heard it listening to the 40's station on XM. Lately, when I feel I've had my fill of alternative rock, electronica, and other late 20th century music, I kick it back to the 40's where I hear the soothing sounds of Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, and Glenn Miller. And they play fun little sound bites that are supposed to sound like news broadcasts from the time. Did you know the first VW rolled off the assembly line on Oct 22, 1936, and that Volkswagon literally means "people's car"?

  So this morning I heard the first couple lines of a song and thought "Isn't this sweet, another innocent love song". And then... well, I'll let the lyrics speak for themselves.

  Huggin' and a Chalkin'

  I gotta gal that's mighty sweet,
  with blue eyes and tiny feet.
  Her name is Rosabelle Magee,
  and she tips the scale at three o three, oh!
  Gee - but ain't it grand to have a girl so big and fat
  that when you hug'er you don't know where you're at.
  You have to take a piece of chalk in your hand
  and hug away and chalk a mark to see where you began.

  One day when I was a huggin and a chalkin and a chalkin
  and a huggin a way. When I met another fella with
  some chalk in his hand, Com-in' around the other way 'round
  the mountain. Comin' around the other way.

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