Sometimes a moldy, oldy song has lyrics that do say it all. AFitting for Mother’s Day: A moldie oldie but the lyrics are poignant for all of us who loved or love our mothers. Listen to the lyrics from this 1929 recording of “My Mother’s Eyes” sung by George Jessle. Footnote: Roy Shields who wrote most of the early music for The Little Rascals and Laurel & Hardy at Hal Roach conducts the orchestra:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.