OR WOULD YOU RATHER BE A FISH

By First Grade I knew all the words.

How I would have loved being in the backup chorus of this take, with those delicious 1940s harmonies… Swingin’ on a star…

This song came to me out of the blue as I was standing here ironing some cotton shirts. I know, but I love to iron, especially with the windows wide open, on this brilliantly sunny morning.

I remember singing it with Nana. And in the backseat of our big Chevrolet: Dad was driving, with a pipe in his mouth, of course. He actually looked a bit like old Bing.


Paul Reinhart in the sixties

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3 thoughts on “OR WOULD YOU RATHER BE A FISH

  1. Serge Rombaut says:

    Bonsoir, je suis Serge, un très cher ami Marseillais de Christopher Kennedy, je vous connais par photo, ce blog communiqué par Christopher est une joue: charmant, passionnant, émouvant et stimulant, bravo, je suis heureux de m’y abonner…. à bientôt

  2. Ruth Harcovitz says:

    Can’t believe you posted Bing doing his thing! My mother used to sing this song to use when we were little! Haven’t heard it for many years! What an era of music! I’m sure you’ve seen that I have a SONGS OF WORLD WAR II show, with many cancellations for the past several months. Nonetheless, a great era of American popular music!