Juke Box Jive

By Ewan

Tue, 09 Jul 2024
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Do the bop-shoo-waddy,

and the doo-wop too:

do the voh-dee-oh-doh

and the boogaloo.

 

Dance to the rhythm,

dance to the beat:

dance like the devil

put the music in your feet.

 

Dance with a woman,

dance with a man:

do the juke box jive,

while you still can.

 

If you'd like to hear it, it's here.

 

Certificate U
Poem
Not Quite Good Enough
Miscellaneous

Comments

Submitted by Turlough on

Yes! All lovers make
Make the same mistakes
As me and you

 

Bob Dylan, eat your heart out!

Turlough

Submitted by Ewan on

  - and I really do, for I consider Blood on the Tracks one of the best albums ever made - I doubt he ever wrote anything as unambiguous as this poem. I only wrote it* because I wanted to record it.

Thanks for reading and commenting.

*It came into my head while I was walking the dog: I had to keep reciting** it every few minutes so I could write it down as soon as I got home.

**OUT LOUD, people WERE looking at me strangely.

Author Page at the 'Zon
 

Submitted by Turlough on

Bob Dylan has highs and a few lows for me but Blood on the Tracks is the ultimate high and on which Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts really stands out. It's one of those got-to-listen-twice songs.

Long time ago when I was an ABC new kid, I wrote a poem about our cats that I like to think fits well with that tune. It's called Priyatelka, Turlough and the House of Cats. I can't read it without singing it.

As long as your dog's a Dylan fan it doesn't matter if people were staring.

Turlough