Sunday, September 4, 2011

September Songs... Loving You Has Made Me Bananas




YOUR RED SCARF MATCHES YOUR EYES,
YOU CLOSED YOUR COVER BEFORE STRIKING,
FATHER HAD THE SHIPFITTER BLUES,
LOVING YOU HAS MADE ME BANANAS,
YOU BURNT YOUR FINGER THAT EVENING.

WHILE MY BACK WAS TURNED,
I ASKED THE WAITER FOR IODINE,
BUT I DINED ALL ALONE.

YOUR RED SCARF MATCHES YOUR EYES,
YOU CLOSED YOUR COVER BEFORE STRIKING,
FATHER HAD THE SHIPFITTER BLUES,
LOVING YOU HAS MADE ME BANANAS.

Guy Marks
1965


This ditty had radio play in 1965. I was 11 years old & I was bananas for it. At one point I consider it for auditions because it is so concise. I could never find the sheet music, possibly a good thing.


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