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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here is another good folk song by Canadian songwriter Stan Rogers. "White Squall", a ballad warning of dangerous weather on the Great Lakes. Written and sung by Stan Rogers. "So it's just my luck to have the watch, With nothing left to do But watch the deadly waters glide As we roll north to the Soo. And wonder when they'll turn again And pitch us to the rail, And whirl off one more youngster in the gale. And I tell t...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here's a great folk song, "Bluenose", a tribute to the Grand Banks schooner by that name. Written and sung by Canadian folk musician Stan Rogers. "...That proud, fast Queen of the Grand Banks Fleet, Portrayed on every dime, Knew hard work in her time, hard work in every line, The rich men’s toys of the Gloucester boys, With their token bit of cod, They snapped their spars and strained to pass her by, But she left them all...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here's a familiar toe-tapping instrumental entry, the "Pink Panther Theme", composed by Henry Mancini, performed by the WDR Funkhausorchester. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe_uqv5GNNw #JukeboxFridayNight #ManyColours

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here is "Miss Brown to You", written by Ralph Rainger, Richard Whiting and Leo Robin, sung by 'Lady Day' herself, Billie Holliday. "Who you think is comin' to town? You'll never guess who. Lovable, huggable Emily Brown, Miss Brown to you. What if the rain comes pattering down? My heaven is blue, Tennessee is sending me Emily Brown, Miss Brown to you. I know her eyes will thrill ya, But go slow, oh, oh, Don&#39...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here is "The Green Grass Starts to Grow", written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, sung by Dionne Warwick. "When I'm alone, the streets are dark and cloudy, I walk around not knowing day from night, And then you touch my hand, That's all that happens and the whole world turns bright, Slowly the green grass starts to grow, Softly the sunshine of your smile melts the snow..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbvuQo...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here is "In a Mountain Greenery", written by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rogers, sung by Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke. "In a mountain greenery, where God paints the scenery, just two crazy people together. While you love your lover, let blues skies be your coverlet. When it rains we laugh at the weather. And if you're good, I'll search for wood, so you can cook, while I stand looking. Beans could get no keener re- c...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here is a jazzy instrumental version of "Limehouse Blues", written by Philip Braham, played here with panache by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grapelli. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyeoeeV9g1U #JukeboxFridayNight #ManyColours

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here is "Blue Skies", written by Irving Berlin, sung by Judy Garland. "Blue skies smiling at me, Nothing but blue skies do I see. Blue birds singing a song, Nothing but blue skies from now on. Never saw the sun shining so bright, Never saw things going so right, Noticing the days hurrying by, When you're in love, my how they fly. Blue days, all of them gone, Nothing but blue skies from now on." https://www.youtube.c...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here is "Scarlet Ribbons", written by Evelyn Danzig and Jack Segal, sung by Harry Belafonte. (I have a sweet memory of my dad singing this one to me.) "I peeked in to say good-night, When I heard my child in prayer, "And for me, some scarlet ribbons, Scarlet ribbons for my hair." All our stores were closed and shuttered, All the streets were dark and bare, In our town, no scarlet ribbons, Scarlet ribbons for her ha...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here is a classic, "My Love is Like a Red Red Rose", words by Scottish poet Robert Burns, tune tradition folk tune. Sung here by Bryn Terfel. "Oh, my love is like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June; My love is like a melody That's sweetly play'd in tune. So fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in love am I, And I will love thee still, my dear, Till all the seas gang dry... ...Till all the seas gang dry,...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here is "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black", written by Nina Simone and Weldon Irvine, sung by Nina Simone. "Young, gifted, and Black - Oh, what a lovely precious dream. To be young, gifted, and Black, Open your heart to what I mean. In the whole world, you know, There's a million boys and girls Who are young, gifted, and Black, And that's a fact. You are young, gifted, and Black, We must begin to tell our young, &quot...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here is "La Vie en Rose", written by Louiguy & Édith Piaf. "Quand il me prend dans ses bras, Qu'il me parle tout bas, Je vois la vie en rose. Il me dit des mots d'amour, Des mots de tous les jours, Et ça m'fait quelque chose. Il est entré dans mon cœur, Une part de bonheur, Dont je connais la cause. C'est lui pour moi, moi pour lui dans la vie, Il me l'a dit, l'a juré pour la vie, Et dès que je l&#...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here is "Mood Indigo", written by Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard and Irving Mills, sung here by the marvellous Ella Fitzgerald. "You ain't been blue, No, no, no, You ain't been blue, Till you've had that mood indigo. That feelin' goes stealin' Down to my shoes, While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues" Always get that mood indigo Since my baby said goodbye, In the evenin' when lights are low...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here is "Yellow Submarine", written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, performed by the Beatles. "In the town where I was born Lived a man who sailed to sea, And he told us of his life In the land of submarines. So we sailed on to the sun, Till we found the sea of green, And we lived beneath the waves In our yellow submarine. We all live in a yellow submarine, Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.." https://www.youtube.co...

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  RE: https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/117543905141454968 Read this entire thread by Mary, because it is wonderful! I love this crew of hope-boosting "bridge trolls"! #Vote #Democracy #Protest #Persist https://mindly.social/@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social/117543905239543275

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Trick or Treat, here is an old Scottish folk song, "Coulter's Candy". Written in the mid-1800's by Robert Coultart, it was an advertisement for his aniseed-flavoured sweets. The candy company is long gone, but the song has lived on as a folk song, often known by its first line, "Ally Bally Bee". "Ally bally, ally bally bee, Sittin' on yer mammy's knee, Greetin' for a wee bawbee, Tae buy mair Coulter's can...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Trick or Treat, here's a song I remember from my childhood, something we used to sing at girl scout camp. "The Lollipop Tree", written by George Kleinsinger and Jo Darion, sung here by Burl Ives. "One fine day in early spring, I played a funny trick. Right in the yard behind our house, I planted a lollipop stick. Then every day I watered it well and watched it carefully. I hoped one day that stick would grow to be a lollipop tree. Ah...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, here are two different instrumental pieces, in two quite different styles, but both taking as their theme the same sweet treat, Butterscotch. Here is "Butterscotch", written and performed by Freddie King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7rQJj5ZsfY And here is another "Butterscotch", written and performed by Chuck Berry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szKZIaOvpfA #JukeboxFridayNight #TricksOrTreats

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Trick or Treat, here is a smooth oldie, "Chocolate Sundae on a Saturday Night", written by Hal David, Fred Wise and Al Frisch, and sung here by Doris Day. "A chocolate sundae on a Saturday night, What a way to make an evenin' end right, The moon was fine, the dancin' divine, Let's head for the drug store at Maple and Vine... ...Now you can get most any flavor that you choose, There's vanilla, that'll thrill ya, down to...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Trick or Treat, here is some candy in motion, the Dance of the Candy Canes by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, from the "Nutcracker" ballet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q43giGs1qw #JukeboxFridayNight #TricksOrTreats

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Trick or Treat, here is "Lollipop", written by Julius Dixon and Beverly Ross, sung by the Chordettes. "Call my baby Lollipop, tell you why, His kiss is sweeter than an apple pie, And when he does his shaky rockin' dance, Man, I haven't got a chance. I call him Lollipop, Lollipop Oh, Lolli-Lolli-Lolli Lollipop, Lollipop Oh, Lolli-Lolli-Lolli Lollipop, Lollipop Oh, Lolli-Lolli-Lolli Lollipop *pop*, (Boom boom boom boom)" https:...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Trick or Treat, here is "Savoy Truffle", a song inspired by a box of fancy chocolate candies, written by George Harrison, sung by the Beatles. "Creme tangerine and Montelimar, A ginger sling with a pineapple heart, Coffee dessert, yes, you know it's good news, But you'll have to have them all pulled out, After the Savoy truffle. Cool cherry cream, nice apple tart, I feel your taste all the time we're apart, Coconut fudge really...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Trick or Treat, here is "On the Good Ship Lollipop", written by Sidney Clare and Richard Whiting, sung by Shirley Temple. "On the good ship Lollipop, It's a sweet trip to a candy shop, Where bon-bons play On the sunny beach of peppermint bay, Lemonade stands everywhere, Crackerjack bands fill the air, And there you are Happy landing on a chocolate bar." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv40iFklDZE #JukeboxFridayNight #TricksOrTre...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Tricks or Treats, here is "Penny Candy", from the Broadway revue "New Faces of 1952". Music by Arthur Siegel, lyrics by June Carroll, sung by June Carroll. "Penny candy, Candy for a penny. I wish I could still get a kick From a penny peppermint stick, Or an indigestible gummy hat That stuck to my teeth and made me fat.... ... Candy! Candy! The candy store I could never pass Without pressing my nose against the glass, And oh, ho...

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  Flipping Congress is at the center of everyone's focus this election year. But don't overlook the "down ballot" races. Local judges might rule on ICE intrusions in the community. Local sheriffs might decide whether or not to cooperate with ICE. County legislators might have input on the building permits for large data centers. Your local town board might decide to allow or disallow Flock cameras. Don't think the local offices matter less than Congress. They have direct i...

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  To wind up my posts for this week's jukebox music theme, Play Time, here's a song well known to several generations of kids who grew up with PBS's "Sesame Street". "Somebody Come and Play, written by Joe Raposo, sung by the Sesame Street cast. "Somebody come and play, Somebody come and play today, Somebody come and smile the smiles, And sing the songs, It won't take long, Somebody come and play today... ...Somebody come and rhyme the rhymes, And laugh the la...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Play Time, here's a song not exactly about playfulness, but about taking time away from work to do something pleasant and restorative. Getting up from the desk, getting outdoors, and simply going for a good long walk, enjoying the breeze and the birds, and the feel of warm sunshine on my shoulders. "Sunshine on My Shoulders, written and sung by John Denver. "Sunshine on my shoulders Makes me happy, Sunshine in my eyes Can make me cry, Sun...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Play Time, here's "Lovely Day", written and sung by Bill Withers. The song playfully celebrates the way we can together turn our daily slog into a little holiday, with the right person. (Thinking of the fun Brian and I had together, and how much less often I just take a lovely day off to play, since he's gone.) "When I wake up in the mornin', love, And the sunlight hurts my eyes, And somethin' without warnin', love, Bea...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Play Time, here is "Let's Go Fly a Kite", from the movie "Mary Poppins". Written by Richard and Robert Sherman, sung by David Tomlinson and cast. "With tuppence for paper and strings, You can have your own set of wings, With your feet on the ground You're a bird in a flight, With your fist holding tight To the string of your kite. Oh, let's go fly a kite, Up to the highest height, Let's go fly a kite, And send it...

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  For this week's jukebox music theme, Play Time, here is "Going to the Zoo", written and sung by Tom Paxton. "Daddy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow, Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow, Daddy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow, We can stay all day. We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo, How about you, you, you? You can come too, too, too, We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqY6bc0E1Pc #JukeboxFridayNight #PlayTime