There's no way I can match Hooch's post. That was terrific even if he borrowed the poetry!!!
Did you ever see All in the Family? That's the song that Edith and Archie Bunker sing in the opening of the show.
That's why I said Hootch "borrowed" his lines.
Oh no, I was way too young for All in the Family
Actually the lyrics were written by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse and there's another verse that didn't get sung on the show. It goes:
Take a little Sunday spin, go to watch the Dodgers win.
Have yourself a dandy day that cost you under a fin.
Hair was short and skirts were long. Kate Smith really sold a song.
I don't know just what went wrong. Those Were The Days.
You might be interested in knowing that the song at the end of the show, "Remembering You", was written by Roger Kellaway and none other than Carrol O'Conner. But Carrol wrote the lyrics, not the music and they were never sung on the show. And here they are:
Got a feelin' it's all over now - All over now, we're through.
And tomorrow I'll be lonesome, Remembering You.
Got a feelin' the sun will be gone - The day will be long and blue.
And tommorrow I'll be cryin', Remembering You.
There'a a far away look in your eye when you try to pretend to me,
That everything is the same as it used to be.
I see it's all over now - All over now, we're through.
And tomorrow I'll be startin' Remembering You.
Not bad for an actor, eh??
Listening to:
All in the Family theme song
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