Mike had to work all weekend.
It would feel wrong to complain since so many lost their jobs just last week.
Still, I think we're both feeling this way as the new week begins......
ME AND MY SHADOW
Standing on the corner feeling blue
Sweethearts out for fun
Pass me one by one
Guess I'll wind up like I always do
With only....
Me and my shadow
Strolling down the avenue
Oh, me and my shadow
Not a soul to tell our troubles to
And when it's twelve o'clock we climb the stairs
We never knock 'cause nobody's there
Just me and my shadow
All alone and feeling blue
When the sun sets on the far horizon,
And the parlour lamps begin to glow
Jim and Jack and John
Put their slippers on.
They're all set but we're still on the go
So lonely....
Me and my shadow
Strolling down the avenue
Oh, me and my shadow
Not a soul to tell our troubles to
And when it's twelve o'clock we climb the stairs
We never knock 'cause nobody's there
Just me and my shadow
All alone and feeling blue
Words by Billy Rose, Music by Al Jolson and Dave Dreyer
I really enjoyed reading an article here, titled Staircase Poetry by Patty Inglish, MS. It included the following description:
A famous staircase inspired musical poem, Me and My Shadow, was popularized in the early 20th Century by Ted Williams from Circleville, Ohio and his Orchestra. Williams would present this tune on stage and complete it by walking up a lonely staircase lighted by a single light bulb in the shadows of the night streets. Showman Jimmy Durante also used this setting for the number.
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