Saturday, March 18, 2006

When I was in high school ...

... back in the '50s, I used to come home from school and, like just about every other kid back then, flick on Bandstand. One of the singers who used to be on the show a lot was a guy named Marvin Rainwater. His big hit was "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird," but the song of his I love best is "So You Think You Got Troubles," which begins

I've had every disease known to man
From the African mumps to the dishpan hands
Lost every race I ever ran
I never even got a start ...

Marvin, I gather, is still around at 80 (the British apparently love him, God bless them) and I just came upon this poem on his Web site: "Little Jim." I think it's kind of neat.

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