Whiskers on kittens

Whiskers on kittens

Strength lies in nights of peaceful slumbers.
When you wake up, Wake up!.
It tells me, All I trust I leave my heart to.

Strength doesn't lie in numbers.
Strength doesn't lie in wealth.

Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings

This song is a somewhat variant version of what seems to be known better (in the U.S. at least) as "I Saw Three Ships". The words vary considerably from that familiar song, and the tune varies somewhat as well. The first two lines cited end the song's second verse, and what follows is in the third verse. Neither in these lines nore elsewhere in the song is there any hint as to how three ships suddenly turned to one ship, or why the reference suddenly went from three ships to the singular "that ship" without explanation. It is still nonsensical, even if it is intended to be an improvement over other versions of "I Saw Three Ships", with words such as "And what was in those ships all three?", with answers such as "'Twas Joseph and his fair lady" or "The Virgin Mary and Christ were there", creating most bizarre images indeed as to how either of those pairs might be in all three ships. This "Sunny Bank" version seems to mysteriously deal with that dilemma by having the three ships inexplicably turn into just a single vessel. Those aforesaid familiar "I Saw Three Ships" versions generally go on to say that the three ships sailed into (the non-seaport of) Bethlehem. At least this "Sunny Bank" version foregoes that absurdity.

Julie Andrews forces rain, spain, main and plain to rhyme - they just don't!!

[Ed's note: Whether one can stand Julie Andrews is another matter, but I am speechless by the assertion that "Rain", "Spain", "Main" and "Plain" don't rhyme. By definition, they MUST rhyme. They are all single-syllable words that end with "ain" and there is no difference in the way the are pronounced!]

"Just You Wait" is from the 1957 Broadway musical "My Fair Lady" (music by Frederick Lowe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner). "My Fair Lady" was based upon George Bernard Shaw's play, "Pygmalian". Julie Andrews played the original Eliza Doolittle, but unfortunately would not get the role in the 1964 motion picture adaption, that would go to Audrey Hepburn.

"The Sound Of Music" was the final Broadway musical that Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II collaberated on before Hammerstein's death in August 1960. Hammerstein barely got to even see Mary Martin who sang this song and several others for the Broadway musical, and the musical itself did not hit the stage until after Hammerstein's death. In the Robert Wise movie of the same title, Wise wisely chose up and coming Julie Andrews to play Maria, the nun who would marry a Captain shortly before World War II in pre-war Austria (the von Trapp story is a real story, although maybe slightly embellished for the Broadway musical and movie). The opening of the movie (1965), "The Sound Of Music" and Andrews singing this number high upon a mountain is probably one of the most memorable worldwide moments in cinema.