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Song List

Song list lifted from Ms Mac and then drastically modified to suit my purposes.

Songs that remind you of being a small child
  1. Jesus Loves Me
  2. Onward Christian Soldiers--hated that song!!! but was forced to sing it
  3. I'll Fly Away--I was pretty young when I was assigned the alto part
Songs guaranteed to make you cry
  1. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Hoagy Carmichael) Especially when sung by Diana Krall
  2. The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kern)
  3. Somewhere Over the Rainbow--favorite of my good friend who died when we were 17
Songs guaranteed to make you smile
  1. If I Only Had A Brain--nicely sung by Harry Connick, Jr.
  2. Second That Emotion (Smoky Robinson)
  3. Secret O' Life (James Taylor)
  4. Tico Tico--from the London Horn Sound CD
  5. I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow--as sung by The Soggy Bottom Boys
Current Most Played "Songs"
  1. Brahms' 4th Symphony--because we're performing it in a few weeks
  2. Other Voices, Other Rooms--the entire album by Nanci Griffith
  3. The Chieftains--I've got at least five albums lined up in ITunes--just crank 'em up and let 'em play

Comments

Ms Mac said…
Oh yes, I like your songs to make you smile.
12:50 PM
Anonymous said…
"If I only had a brain" One of my favorites and I like Harry's version.

Rich
3:35 PM
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