Pink Shoelaces (Photo credit: CraigSnedeker)
This morning I “Liked” a page on Facebook called Groovy Reflections. ”Peace, Love Grooviness. Groovy Reflections™ is dedicated to the celebration of life and song. Our greatest wish is that everyone can find peace in their lives and in their hearts.”
Well, how in the world could I NOT like that?
Next thing I know there’s a link on my news feed for this video by Dodie Stevens who celebrates her 67th birthday today. Happy Birthday Dodie! If you don’t know who Dodie Stevens is, you are about to find out. I don’t remember ever hearing her name before (although I’m sure I must have) but I KNOW ALL THE WORDS TO THIS SONG! Isn’t the memory a strange and wonderful thing.
Now I’ve got a guy and his name is Dooley He’s my guy and I love him truly He’s not good lookin’, heaven knows But I’m wild about his crazy clothes
He wears tan shoes with pink shoelaces A polka dot vest and man, oh, man Tan shoes with pink shoelaces And a big Panama with a purple hat band
He takes me deep-sea fishing in a submarine We go to drive-in movies in a limousine He’s got a whirly-birdy and a 12-foot yacht Ah, but that’s not all he’s got
He’s got tan shoes with pink shoelaces A polka dot vest and man, oh, man Tan shoes with pink shoelaces And a big Panama with a purple hat band
Now Dooley had a feelin’ we were goin’ to war So he went out and enlisted in a fightin’ corps But he landed in the brig for raisin’ such a storm When they tried to put him in a uniform
He wanted tan shoes with pink shoelaces A polka dot vest and man, oh, man He wanted tan shoes with pink shoelaces And a big Panama with a purple hat band
Now one day Dooley started feelin’ sick And he decided that he better make his will out quick He said “Just before the angels come to carry me I want it down in writin’ how to bury me.”
Wearin’ tan shoes with pink shoelaces A polka dot vest and man, oh, man Give me tan shoes with pink shoelaces And a big Panama with a purple hat band
My musical tastes are so stuck in the 60′s and 70′s it’s kind of scary. But how amazingly delightful is this, to see Dodie Stevens some 40 years later, still looking and sounding great.
Obviously I’m enjoying a wonderful, peaceful, lazy, do-nothing kind of Sunday afternoon. Hope you are too.
seeker
February 17, 2013 at 5:20 pm
Thank you for liking the daily prompt I posted. I left a pingback in one of your sites. BTW, I have nominated you for a Shine On Award. Please accept it as a token of my appreciation for all the wonderful post I’ve read in your site.
grandmalin
February 18, 2013 at 10:21 pm
Thank you seeker – I accept it with much love and gratitude and hopefully some grace.
seeker
February 18, 2013 at 10:23 pm
You are welcome Grandmalin.
The Green Study
February 17, 2013 at 7:10 pm
I love songs from the 50s – so sweet and perky! Although I had to laugh at her more recent performance of it – it seems slight more awkward with adults all about.
grandmalin
February 18, 2013 at 10:23 pm
Perky describes it perfectly. So many years later, some of the perky-ness went missing. lol
Life in the 50's and beyond...
February 17, 2013 at 7:30 pm
I loved that song and had totally forgotten it…. it all came back! Thanks for the memory….
grandmalin
February 18, 2013 at 10:25 pm
I had forgotten it too – and then all the silliness came flooding back. Definitely a sing along tune if there ever was one.
Barbara Backer-Gray
February 18, 2013 at 9:52 am
Never heard of her or the song. Cute, though.
grandmalin
February 18, 2013 at 10:25 pm
Not exactly a classic, but damned close. lol