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holy rollers and the nighthawk
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holy rollers and the nighthawk |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia 
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holy roller me, wrap me up inside the sounds of a green tambourine dancing in the church aisles, down by the railroad tracks past the Nighthawk bar where daddy had me singing... not the blues, mind you, but abba dabba said the monkey, until loosened quarters rocked and rolled down the old wellworn wooden bartop and into my five finger splayed five year old hands, to line an empty pocket for a rainy day but then we both got our royal butts beaten bad by a momma who was hopping mad when we left the bar's safety zone and headed for our nearby home and I remember those tambourines, holy rollers rocking and rolling me down the narrow aisle, singing and dancing carefree, reveling in god's glories, then out the door and into the sunshine, tambourines in hand in a never never land where the Nighthawk was our refuge and everybody smiled and shouted Hallelujah! Amen! and it didn't matter then what rainbow color I was or even if I believed, for I was always squeezed in welcome by those holy rollers, and offered a green tambourine. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
smiling wide here... I believe they call that making a "joyous noise"... awesome, you!  |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
lol, yep and I was pretty noisey in those days  thanks for readin, sista ser now here's your green tambourine  PS the A team is havin fun with this |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
Let's hear it for the holy rollers that color our lives and let's hear if for daddies who teach us to sing about monkeys and chimps and abba dabba honeymoons! Heck, let's hear it for hopping mad mommas too! Kacy, you've written my memories here. You're wonderful! |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Grinning at your reply Lady. Are we parallel souls and didn't know it? |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Been a long time since I heard mention of the holly rollers. There was a congregation in my grandparents small town, back in the fifties, next to their own church. The "standing joke" was that the bus parked next to their chapel was for the minister to pick up his followers on Sunday morning, else they wouldn't show up.  Wish now I had snuck into one of their services. Thanks, Kacy. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Aba Daba Honeymoon some of the lyrics: "Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab," Said the Chimpie to the Monk, "Baba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab," Said the Monkey to the Chimp. All night long they'd chatter away, All day long there were happy and gay, Swinging and singing in their hunky-tonkey way. "Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab," Means "Monk, I love but you." "Baba, daba, dab," in monkey talk Means "Chimp, I love you, too." Then the big baboon one night in June, He married them and very soon, They went upon their aba, daba honeymoon.  (this was written in 1914, Fields and Donovon, and became a well known ditty after an early 50's movie) |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
KRAWDAD!!!! where ya been? i've been about ready to send out a search party! |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Kacy, I absolutely Love This.... |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Hi Kacy! Gone shy, I guess! Been sneaking in here from time to time to read your stuff. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
aw, c'mere for your hug you have been missed, seriously I am so happy to see you here |
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kayjay Member Elite
since 2002-06-24
Posts 2015Oregon |
Always a great thing to read your thoughts, Kacy! This is marvelous. Ken Through rubble and trouble and dark of night |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Said the monkey to the chimp, "Hallelujah!" Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Kacy~ Talk about shaking some embers of remember ... that song is one that I now have fun teaching to Delaney and Landry~ Have a happy~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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froggy Senior Member
since 2003-06-23
Posts 1893Michigan |
Great read Kacy. :-) Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, |
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