My baby girl (well, she's not such a baby anymore as she's driving a car now!) but, my sweet girl grew up loving Shel Silverstein's poetry from the time she could read on her own to even now she treasures her collection of Silverstein's books. Anyways, on Saturday nights one of the local radio stations plays Classic Country Music and since my kids were little I've listened most Saturdays....and if the kids are off with their friends now that they are older, well, they get the text "guess what night it is?!?" drives them crazy some nights and others they'll call up and sing along with me to annoy their friends!
Well, to my utter delight I came across/discovered "A Boy Named Sue" by Johnny Cash which I had always thought was by The Man in Black.....this youtube clip is awesome! For any fan of either Shel or Johnny or in my case - both - it's both entertaining and sweet. Enjoy!
7/20/10
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This is fantastic! I loved Shel Silverstein growing up as well. I've still got A Light in the Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends on my bookshelf.
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ahhh thank you Brenna! My daughter has all of those too AND one of them has the CD with Shel reading the poems - too cool! But I think she has the books wrapped in plastic and dusts them daily -LOL!!! just kidding - she treasures those books!!!
ReplyDeleteI read a biography of Shel Silverstein last year and learned that he wrote that song!! Who knew?? I know I didn't. Thanks for the video link.
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