I'd like to be a lion tamer
Sequins and tights and silk top hats
I know I could be a lion tamer
I've always gotten along with cats
This poster makes me think about raising a family, about being a mother.
I'd have a whip but never use it
I'd simply hold it in my hand
I'd like to be a lion tamer
If I could be a lion tamer
I would be someone grand
Ev'ryone has a special calling
Something that only she can do
so here's to all of us who spend our days and nights
juggling and balancing, pulling rabbits out of hats
and keeping the globe spinning.
Which is not to say I don't love the cards and the flowers, of course I do.
Not because it's any special day
Only because they come from you.
The Lion Tamer lyric is from The Magic Show
by Stephen Schwartz. The only version to
hear is Kristin Chenoweth's, which you can
find on YouTube.
Happy Mother's Day Fred! I am a proponent of any day that celebrates me and other mothers! Hope you have a delightful weekend!
ReplyDeleteAnd to you, Wendy !
DeleteUpon deeper reflection, I'm absolutely FOR celebrations and festivities, I thing my real problem may be the guilt-laden advertising messages.
I don't know how we did it ( isn't there a book...?). My former self makes my current self tired.
ReplyDeleteI was always treated to an imaginative breakfast in bed, usually involving coconut and mandarin oranges, so I will just garden all day and remember that.
Hope your day is fun and goody-filled!
There isn't a book, if there were I would have bought it for the niece who's so easily overwhelmed. By anything.
DeleteHave a lovely lazy spring day!
Happy Mother's Day WFF! Once again, your ability to find fantastic images and video amazes me.
ReplyDeleteYou, too, KnitYarns!
DeleteAren't Polish circus posters the best? There are reproductions on Etsy and Zazzle, and originals available at contemporaryposters.com
enjoy!
Happy Mother's Day Fred. It will be an especially happy one for me since my youngest had her own first baby this week! Being a grandma brings much of the joy without nearly as much juggling!
ReplyDeleteAnd to you, Teacups! and congratulations on the new arrival, how perfectly lovely.
DeleteHappy belated Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteYes! Those thick nude colored tights that make your thighs look awesome
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