Thursday Theme Song: every little bird...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcmvwFcfWmY

  
He rocks in the bird-bath all a day long

Hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' his song

All the little birds on Jaybird Street

Love to hear the robin goin' tweet tweet tweet

Rockin' robin (tweet tweet tweet)

Rockin' robin (tweet tweedlee-dee)

Go, rockin' robin 'cause you really gonna rock tonight
  

Every little swallow, every chickadee

Every little bird in the tall oak tree

The wise old owl, the big black crow

Flapping them wings sayin' go bird go

[Chorus]

A purty little raven at the bird's first dance

Taught him how to do the bop and it was grand

They started goin' steady and bless my soul

They out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole

 [Chorus]

Photos by Kay Davies, July, 2012, Pender Island, BC

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Hootin' Anni's musical meme

Thursday Theme  Song

Thanks, Anni!

But just a note about the video: I remember when dancers on TV dressed like that, and when they could jive like that, but I was a bit younger and never managed to get a handle on real 1950s jiving.

And as for slow dancing? My feet were always stompin' on  my partner's feet. To save men's toes, I eventually developed a pretty wicked shimmy for myself in the 70s. I remember going to the Hot Jazz Club in Vancouver with a friend, and when I was shimmying, she said "Oh yes, that's my friend Katie" in reference to a very old song called

"I Wish I Could Shimmy like my Sister Kate"