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
