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September 2, 2020

It's September 1. Here are some of my thoughts concerning September Song...

Back in my youth when I was in the 4th or 5th grade a gentleman came to our school to encourage us to join the All-City Choir that was subsidized by the City of Spokane, WA. (a similar band program was also in place and I was a member of that.)

This gentleman sang September Song and I was mesmerized by the performance and the
meaning of the song.

September Song
(written by) Kurt Weill (in 1938)
Album Knickerbocker Holiday

lyrics:

(Chorus)
But it's a long, long while
From May to December
And the days grow short
When you reach September

And I have lost one tooth
And I walk a little lame
And I haven't got time
For the waiting game

And the days turn to gold
As they grow few
September, November
And these few golden days
I'd spend with you
These golden days I'd spend with you

(Verse)
When you meet with a young man early in spring
They court you in song and rhyme
They woo you with words and a clover ring
But if you examine the goods they bring
They have little to offer but the songs they sing
And a plentiful waste of time of day
A plentiful waste of time

(Chorus 2)
But it's a long, long while
From May to December
Will the clovering last
Till you reach September?

And I'm not quite equipped
For the waiting game
But I have a little money
And I have a little fame

And the days dwindle down
To a precious few
September, November
And these few precious days
I'd spend with you
These precious days I'd spend with you

my favorite performance
by Jimmy Durante in 1972
Sorry, I got something in my eye


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