I’m just taking a break for a moment to let you know about a song that I heard for the first time today at work. I know what you are thinking. “Good lord he’s posting song lyrics, how unexpected – very original.” I know, I know, since im blogging here I may as well live up to the stereotype at some point.
There are several songs about the Carolinas such as James Taylors “Carolina in My Mind,” but this song was different for me. It was peppy, fun and cute. I didn’t feel the great loss that I did after listening to the Taylor track while shopping for shoes at a department store. I wanted to get drunk after that one.
Anita O’day recorded this track on March 19, 1941 in New York. I think she perfectly sums up how I’m feeling today – peppy, fun and hopefully cute, but still missing him. There also was hope in this song that some day you will be back together I loved that too.
There is something about torch songs from the 1940’s thru the 1950’s that can make you feel like there has to be other people in the world feeling the same way you do. Here are the lyrics to this little song. It’s got me wishing I was just a little bit south of North Carolina.
Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina
Just a little bit south of North Carolina That's where I long to be
In a little brown shack in South Carolina
Someone waits for me
In each letter she says that the weather is fine and the folks are feeling great
That the garden looks grand and the red rose vine is clinging to the gate
Just a little bit south of North Carolina
That's where my thoughts all stray
To the one I love best in South Carolina I'm going back some day
I can hardly wait to see the face of the one I like
Just a little bit south of North Carolina
I'll find paradise
Just a little bit south of North Carolina
That's where my thoughts all stray
To the one I love best in South Carolina
I'm going back some day I can hardly wait to see the face of the one I like
Just a little bit south of North Carolina
I'll find paradise
