"Jolson Sings Again"
and "The Jolson Story"
touch me deeply.
Date: 12/27/2006 3:28:13 PM ( 18 y ) ... viewed 1421 times
1:27 PM
December 27, 06
Raining outside.
Tears in here.
First say "Jolson Sings Again"
and "The Jolson Story"
when I was a kid.
Reminds me of themes in my own
life. My father would pray at the cemetary
where they build a statute of Jolson.
Song "Sonny Boy" sounds like
it could be a song to the Inner Child.
Sonny Boy
Words and music by Al Jolson, Bud G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
Verse 1: Climb upon my knee, Sonny Boy;
You are only three, Sonny Boy.
You've no way of knowing, There's no way of showing,
What you mean to me, Sonny Boy.
Chorus 1: When there are gray skies, I don't mind the gray skies
You make them blue, Sonny Boy.
Friends my forsake me, Let them all forsake me,
You'll pull me through, Sonny Boy.
You're sent from Heaven, And I know your worth;
You've made a heaven, For me right here on earth!
When I'm old and gray, dear, promise you won't stray, dear,
For I love you so, Sonny Boy.
Verse 2: You're my dearest prize, Sonny Boy;
Sent from out the skies, Sonny Boy.
Let me hold you nearer, One thing makes you dearer:
You've your mother's eyes, Sonny Boy.
Chorus 2: When there are gray skies, I don't mind the gray skies
You make them blue, Sonny Boy.
Friends my forsake me, Let them all forsake me,
You'll pull me through, Sonny Boy.
You're sent from Heaven, And I know your worth;
You've made a heaven, For me right here on earth!
*But if the angels grow lonely, Take you 'cause they're lonely,
I'll follow you, Sonny Boy.
* In the final chorus of the song in The Singing Fool, and on some recordings, Jolson speaks (sobs) the following tag:
And the angels, they grew lonely, And they took you because they were lonely,
Now I'm lonely too, Sonny Boy.
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