Saturday, 21 February 2009

Introducing Marjorie.......

My wife of almost 28 years ( on 21st March), Marjorie has put up with my tiny foibles in her own inimitable way. (Two words of the wrong sort from me, and it's a swipe with a wet dish cloth !)

Calm and the epitome of dignity, she has kept me solvent and sane since that evening in 1975 when we met........


Ah yes ! I remember it well!



Marjorie






Cue for a song?



He: She:
We met at nine. We met at eight.
I was on time. No, you were late.
Ah yes! I remember it well.


We dined with friends. We dined alone.
A tenor sang. A baritone.
Ah yes! I remember it well.


That dazzling April moon! There was none that night,

And the month was June.


That's right! That's right!

It warms my heart to know that

you remember still the way you do.
Ah yes! I remember it well.


How often I've thought of that Friday, Monday
night,
when we had our last rendez-vous.
And somehow I've foolishly wondered
if you might by some chance be
thinking of it too?


That carriage ride. You walked me home.
You lost a glove. I lost a comb.
Ah yes! I remember it well.


That brilliant sky. We had some rain.
Those Russian songs. From sunny Spain.
Ah yes! I remember it well.


You wore a gown of gold. I was all in blue.
Am I getting old? Oh no! Not you!

How strong you were,

how young and gay;

A prince of love in every way.
Ah yes! I remember it well
(Acknowledgements to ....... Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe / Gigi 1958)

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