It's my birthday today, but now that I've passed the half century, we don't celebrate them anymore.
It's also Mother's Day though, and my mum's a great grandma... as well as a great-grandma.
Here are ten songs about grandparents...
10. Easy access acorns.
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Good Enough For Grandad
9. Bernau, Dessau, Weimar artists.
Three cities where you would find the Bauhaus school of art.
Bauhaus - Watch That Grandad Go
8. Mr. Pageboy in a muddle.
"Mr. Pageboy" was an anagram.
7. Musical Miles, in the Mile High City.
John Miles made Music.
The Mile High City is Denver.
John Denver - Grandma's Feather Bed
6. Strong odour on the tracks.
There's a grand funk on the railroad.
Grand Funk Railroad - Look At Granny Run Run
5. What Billy keeps waiting for.
Billy is waiting for The Great Leap Forward.
The Great Leap Forward - My Grandfather’s Cluck
4. Mr. Owen / Anderson is finished.
Clive Owen / Anderson is done.
And no, I couldn't bring myself to include the St. Winifred's School Choir. I do have some standards.
3. Mine king gets a peerage.
King Solomon had some mines. Burke's has a peerage.
Solomon Burke - Be Bop Grandma
2. What's new... and what's shakin'?
What's new, pussyCAT... and Shakin' Stevens =
1. It's Brew Hill!
Anagram!
Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands
Happy birthday, and best wishes to your sainted mother
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Rol and also best wishes to your mother. Have a great day both of you
ReplyDeleteIt's from me, Walter
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Rol - not long now until the bus pass!
ReplyDeleteThanks for another great Snapshots (and are you sure you're not making 'Squirrel Nut Zippers' up?!)
ReplyDeleteA very happy birthday to you too. As long as you keep hanging around with us old folks, you'll be forever young.
Happy birthday Rol - I thought I was being smart by looking back to your last year's countdown to check the date, so as to surprise you. No need!
ReplyDeleteDespite not celebrating them any more, I doubt if your family will let you get away with that. Enjoy your day with I have no doubt some great presents.
MHROTD young man! I thought this week's Saturday Snapshots was particularly tricky.
ReplyDeleteClive Dunn is an enigma. How dare he not look like Corporal Jones?
Thank you, guys.
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