As most of you know, Lil is now in a day-by-day palliative situation.
Jeff is in Toronto supervising the situation, and our good caregiver friends Gillian, Marva, Marie-Jeanne and Nela are there at Baycrest to provide moment by moment comfort under the direction of Debby and the 4 North nursing staff.
I am quite limited by being away from 'home", but could put together a few photos to help concentrate my thoughts about Mom over the many years. Perhaps some of you have some digitized photos to add to this ad hoc collection. Thanks to Barry, Sarah and Cary for a number of these!!!
Some of Lil's favorite songs (with chords for uke or guitar) are posted at the end of the photo collection. A second montage of photos and songs are found at another post here. Lil also loved songs with an international flavor, and I am collecting some of these on a post called, "International Songs: More of Lil's Selections" here.
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| Lil 1951, thanks to Sarah ! |
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| 1958:at G's Bar Mitzvah |
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| With Nate and Cary 1976 |
LIL's SELECTION of WONDERFUL SONGS
When You're Smiling
PlayingNotes: E7b5 = 1,2,0,1; D7+5 = 1,2,2,1; AmM7 = 1,0,0,0
G D7 G D7 G D7 G F#7
I saw a blind man, he was a kind man, helping a fel-low a-long
Bm F# Bm7 Bm6 E7b5 D D#dim Em7 A7 Am7 D7
One could not see, one could not walk, but they both were humming this song
CHORUS:
G GM7 E7 Am
When you’re smiling, when you’re smiling, the whole world smiles with you.
Am AmM7 Am7 D7 D7+5 G
When you’re laughing, when you’re laughing, the sun comes shining through.
G7 C
But when you’re crying, you bring on the rain,
A7 D7
So stop your sighing, be happy again.
D7+5 G E7
Keep on smiling, ‘cause when you’re smiling
Am7 D7 G D7
The whole world smiles with you! (Coda-“The whole world smiles” X3)
I used to worry, I used to hurry each time it started to rain
Bm F#+ Bm7 Bm6 E7b5 D D#dim Em7 A7 Am7 D7
Now I see light, learned wrong from right and you’ll ne - ver hear me com – plain
CHORUS (When you’re smiling….)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
A F#m C#m C#m6 D Bm7 AM7 Bbdim
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
D6 Dm6 AM7 F#7 Bm7 E7 AM7 E7sus
There's a land that I heard of, once in a lullabye.
A F#m C#m C#m6 D Bm7 AM7 Bbdim
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue
D6 Dm6 AM7 F#7 Bm7 E7 AM7 E7sus
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue
D6 Dm6 AM7 F#7 Bm7 E7 AM7 E7sus
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.
AM7 F#m Bm7 E7 AM7 F#m Bm7 E7
Someday I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
AM7 F#m G#7
AM7 F#m G#7
Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops,
C#m C#m7 C#m6 Bm7 E7+5
That 's where you'll find me.
A F#m C#m C#m6 D Bm7 AM7 Bbdim
Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly,
D6 Dm6 AM7 F#7 Bm7 E7 AM7 E7sus
Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly,
D6 Dm6 AM7 F#7 Bm7 E7 AM7 E7sus
Birds fly over the rainbow, why then oh why can't I
A F#m Bm7 Esus E7 A
If happy little bluebirds fly above the rainbow, why oh why can't I?
A F#m Bm7 Esus E7 A
If happy little bluebirds fly above the rainbow, why oh why can't I?
PlayingNotes: C#m7 = 4,4,4,4; F#7 = 1,3,4,2 or 3,2,0,4; F#m7 = 6,6,0,0
A F#7 Bm7 E7 A G#7
Things have come to a pretty pass, our romance is growing flat
A C#7 F#7 B7 Bm7 E7
Cause you like this and the other, while I go for this and that.
A F#7 Bm7 E7 A B7
Goodness knows what the end will be, oh I don't know where I'm at
E C#m7 F#m7 B7 Bm7 E7 A A7
It's plain to see we two will never make one; something must be done.
D F#m Em7 A7 D F#m Em7 A7
You say eether and I say eyether; you say neether and I say neyether
D D7 G Gm6 D Bm7 Em7 A7
Eether, eyether, neether, neyether; let's call the whole thing off.
D F#m Em7 A7 D F#m Em7 A7
You like po-tato and I like po-tahto; you like to-mato and I like to-mahto,
You like po-tato and I like po-tahto; you like to-mato and I like to-mahto,
D D7 G Gm6 D Em7 A7 D
Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto; let's call the whole thing off.
Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto; let's call the whole thing off.
Bm6 C#7 F#m B7 Em7 A7
But oh! If we call the whole thing off then we must part
Bm6 C#7 F#m B7 Em7 A7 A7+!
And oh! If we ever part than that would break my heart!
And oh! If we ever part than that would break my heart!
D F#m Em7 A7 D F#m Em7 A7
You say laughter and I say lawfter; you say after and I say awfter
D D7 G Gm6 D Bm7 Em7 A7
Laughter, lawfter, after, awfter; let's call the whole thing off.
D F#m Em7 A7 D F#m Em7 A7
You like Havana and I like Havahna; you like bananas and I like banahnas,
You like Havana and I like Havahna; you like bananas and I like banahnas,
D D7 G Gm6 D Em7 A7 D
Havana, Havahna, bananas, banahnas; let's call the whole thing off.
Havana, Havahna, bananas, banahnas; let's call the whole thing off.
Bm6 C#7 F#m B7 Em7 A7
But oh! If we call the whole thing off then we must part
Bm6 C#7 F#m B7 Em7 A7 A7+!
And oh! If we ever part than that would break my heart!
And oh! If we ever part than that would break my heart!
D F#m Em7 A7 D F#m Em7
So if you like pyjamas, and I like pa-jahmas; I'll wear pajamas and give up
A7
pyjahmas
D D7 G Gm6 D D6 F#7 B7
For we know we need each other so, we better call the calling-off off.
Em7 A7 D A7+
Let's call the whole thing off !
Let's call the whole thing off !
D F#m Em7 A7 D F#m Em7
So if you go for oysters and I go for ersters; I'll order oysters and cancel
A7
the ersters
D D7 G Gm6 D D6 F#7 B7
For we know we need each other so, we better call the calling-off off.
Em7 A7 D A7 D
Let's call the whole thing off !
Let's call the whole thing off !
Trees as per Nelson Eddy and Mario Lanza.
C Dm
I think that I shall never see
Fm C7 C9
A poem lovely as a tree.
F F#dim7 C
A tree whose hungry mouth is prestC7 F
Against the Earth's sweet flowing breast.
A tree that looks at God all day
G7 G7s Em G C
G7 G7s Em G C
And lifts its leafy arms to pray.
C Dm
A tree that may in summer wear
Fm C7
A nest of robins in her hair.
A nest of robins in her hair.
F F#dim7 C
Upon whose bosom snow has lain
C7 F
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
Bb9 Dm7 G7 C
But only God can make a tree.
Route 66
Intro: D7 C9, G6, D7
G6 C9 G6 G7
If you ever plan to motor west
C9 G6
Travel my way that's the highway that is best
D7 C9 G6 G7
Get your kicks on Route Sixty Six.
G6 C9 G6 G7
It winds from Chicago to L.A.
C9 G6
More than two thousand miles all the way
D7 C9 G6 D7
Get your kicks on Route Sixty Six.
G6!
Now it's down from St Louie
G6!
Joplin, Missouri,
G6! G7
Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty.
C9
You'll see Amarillo,
G6
Gallup New Mexico,
D7
Flagstaff, Arizona,
C9
Don't forget Winona,
G6 D7
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino.
G6 C9 G6 G7
Well you'll get hip to this timely tip:
C9 C6
When you make that California trip.
D7 C9 G6
Get your kicks on Route Sixty-Six.
D7 C9 G6
Get your kicks on Route Sixty-Six.
Get your kicks on Route Sixty-Six.
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