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blinker12 09-09-2020 07:50 AM

Show Me a Smile story?
 
I’ve always loved this song, and lately it’s taken on new meaning for me as I’ve been singing it as a lullaby to my baby son. He seems to love it too.

Does anyone know the story behind the song? It sounds as if it were written to a baby boy; perhaps a relative’s child?

“You’ll be a man in your time, my little one...”

aleuzzi 09-09-2020 09:18 AM

Don’t know the source for this poem. I imagine it may be either addressed to one of her brother’s children, or to the various “chock-a-block” children at Benifolds.

jbrownsjr 09-09-2020 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by blinker12 (Post 1259891)
I’ve always loved this song, and lately it’s taken on new meaning for me as I’ve been singing it as a lullaby to my baby son. He seems to love it too.

Does anyone know the story behind the song? It sounds as if it were written to a baby boy; perhaps a relative’s child?

“You’ll be a man in your time, my little one...”

Not sure. But, I always have loved this song. It's truly a lullaby. The first time I heard it, I thought of my mother singing to me.

FuzzyPlum 09-09-2020 02:07 PM

I believe it was a lullaby written for her nephew Dan. Very fitting he grew up musical and one day collaborated with her.
PS- I adore this song, though I think it deserved just a bit more work.

jbrownsjr 09-11-2020 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum (Post 1259899)
I believe it was a lullaby written for her nephew Dan. Very fitting he grew up musical and one day collaborated with her.
PS- I adore this song, though I think it deserved just a bit more work.

Thanks Fuzzy!! I never knew that. :xoxo:

Northern Star and Calumy are beautiful pieces.

FuzzyPlum 09-11-2020 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr (Post 1259928)
Thanks Fuzzy!! I never knew that. :xoxo:

Northern Star and Calumy are beautiful pieces.


You know what...I'm going to have to take that back.
I'm sure I read that somewhere at some point...but I've just looked at ages and at the time of Future Games he would have been 6.
A child... but possibly too old for the inspiration for a lullaby.
...will have to investigate and see whether I really did read it somewhere.

SteveMacD 09-12-2020 04:38 PM

Doesn’t she have a half-brother whose possibly younger than Dan?

FuzzyPlum 09-13-2020 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD (Post 1259956)
Doesn’t she have a half-brother whose possibly younger than Dan?

Yes. Dan is the son of her brother John. She has a half brother, Cyril whose children may be younger than Dan.


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