@edgarblythe,
Thanks for identifying the vocalist behind Rob's tribute, edgar. I should have known that.
Don't know Freddie Cole, but I love Whispering Grass. Thanks for the memory.
I was inspired by your Cool Water song and decided that a mirage is also called this name. This will be our poem for today:
Fata Morgana by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O sweet illusions of song
That tempt me everywhere,
In the lonely fields, and the throng
Of the crowded thoroughfare!
I approach and ye vanish away,
I grasp you, and ye are gone;
But ever by night and by day,
The melody soundeth on.
As the weary traveller sees
In desert or prairie vast,
Blue lakes, overhung with trees
That a pleasant shadow cast;
Fair towns with turrets high,
And shining roofs of gold,
That vanish as he draws nigh,
Like mists together rolled --
So I wander and wander along,
And forever before me gleams
The shining city of song,
In the beautiful land of dreams.
But when I would enter the gate
Of that golden atmosphere,
It is gone, and I wonder and wait
For the vision to reappear.
Now, a tribute to another birthday boy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF8ROKTkzXM
The idea by Tam O' Shanter was simply John Barley Corn as was that unusual green fields piece.
