Thursday, June 4, 2020

Sweetest Little Baby in Town

Made my day—
finally got word
from Terpsichore re “Say, Darlin,’ Say.”
Terpsichore is a rhythmin’ fay,
my mocking bird.
Say, darlin’, say!
Hadn't heard from them in a few days
(I was taking it hard);
then Terpsichore messaged me and made my day,
letting me know they want to play.
So I made a guitar-
chart in the key of D
so it will be easy (some day,
when the band can rehearse
again) for us all to play
“Say, Darlin’, Say” together: Terps singing high—
Say, little darlin’, don’t say a word;
me answering low—Mama’s gonna buy you a mocking bird.
All together now: Say, darlin’, say!