母親節的歌

Paul McCartney和他交往四年的女朋友Nancy Shevell五月4日訂婚了，這將是McCartney第三次結婚，Nancy的第二次。


Marie Osmond五月4日則與前夫在拉斯維加斯的摩門教堂再婚，他們倆1982到1985曾在一起三年，後來因為“精神虐待”而離婚，Marie Osmond這一回跟29年前穿同樣牌子的結婚禮服參加婚禮。Marie的前夫Stephen Craig現年54歲，是一位前職籃球員，Marie與他有一個兒子Stephen已經28歲，51歲的Marie選擇五月4日與前夫復合，主要因為當天是她已故母親的生日，也是他養子Michael Bryan的忌日，Michael去年今日自殺身亡。

今天是母親節，推薦一首應景的歌，貓王Elvis Presley 1970年的現場演唱版The Wonder Of You當年獲得排行榜第9名，這張小唱片反面的歌Mama Liked The Roses是一首懷念已故母親的歌，我特別喜歡其中穿插的鐘聲，感覺使此曲聽來頗為不凡，有畫龍點睛的效果。



Mama Liked The Roses

Elvis Presley



Oh, mama liked the roses she grew them in the yard

But Winter always came around and made the growing way too hard

Oh, mama liked the roses and when she had the time

She'd decorate the living room, for all us kids to see

When I hear the Sunday bells ringing in the morning

I remember crying when she used to sing

Oh, mama liked the roses but most of all she cared

About the way we learned to live

And if we said our prayers



You know I kept the family bible

With a rose that she saved inside

It was pressed between the pages

Like it had found a place to hide



Oh, mama liked the roses in such a special way

We bring them every Mother's Day

And put them on her grave

Oh, mama liked the roses Mmmm

Mama liked the roses