When I was a little girl it seemed my parents lived at the church. I’m not complaining. I think it’s important for kids to be trained in the ways of the Lord. I didn’t appreciate it because it was boring to sit still for hours. There was always a bright spot, though. An elderly woman attending service always had a butterscotch candy in her pocket just waiting to pass to a squirmy child or two. How is it a piece of candy helps to settle a kid baffles me to this day. This week’s Monday’s Mewsic Moves Me theme is in honor of National Baked Alaska Day. It is also Candy-making Day, Candy Decorating Day and Dark Chocolate Day. So let’s have songs about “sweet” things.
Reminiscing about butterscotch brought to mind of how much I loved penny candy. For some it’s hard to fathom buying anything with a penny but imagine with a dime this little girl could buy 10 pieces of candy. That’s a lot! The wheels are turning in my head. Yes, I know they are squeaky and need a little oiling. I’ll get to that later but now I want to share with you a playlist of 5 Penny Candy song titles. Surprising, right?
Artists featured on playlist
- June Carroll was an actress/singer/songwriter. She wrote “Penny Candy” and sung it in the Broadway musical New Faces 1952.
- Jim Reeves sings about a little girl who’s sweet and pretty who eats candy. Here are the lyrics that are surely innocent of such sweetness.
- Porterdavis At first I though this was a misspelling. My brain kept seeing Porter Davis. Dan Barrett and Mike Meadows got their music start busking in Boston’s subway stations Porter Square and Davis Square hence the band’s name. In 2004 Dan and Mike moved to Austin Texas where they added a third harmony to the group. A guy named Simon and that’s all I know. 🙂 I can’t find the lyrics online so I’m sure the song has nothing to do with candy but I loved the sound so much that I knew I had to share it.
- Richard J. Freitas arrangement is purely instrumental with a delightful tickle of the ivory that sound sweet to the ears. The swing song is from the 20s and 30s era where the music seemed to jump with excitement.
- Heartwood I can’t find anything on other than what’s posted on YouTube. It’s clear that vocalist Laura Munzer is singing about wanting candy but it’s the opening electric guitar, I suppose played by Brian Kruithof, that got my interest and desire to share it with you today.
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This month’s honorary co-hostess is Robin from Songbird’s Crazy World
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This is a mewsic linky party. Every other week we have a suggested mewsic theme (see side menu) to build your song set around and all participants share YouTube or Vimeo videos for our mewsic enthusiasts. Failure to meet this basic guideline puts your URL in danger of being removed or labeled – NO MUSIC.
I shared my BoTB 2021 Round 3 earlier this morning and I hope you’ll jump over to cast your vote in this showdown. I’m struggling lately to find motivation to keep up with daily blogging, so if nothing publishes tomorrow don’t worry I’m okay. I’m just taking a wee break but don’t worry I will keep the tunes flowing on Mondays. One more thing, all honorary co-host spots for the year are now filled. Thanks to everyone who signed up. Have a boogietastic week! X💋X💋, Cathy
