Q4
Find and listen to the song “Me and My Shadow.” In their conversation when they are in jail for holding the tea dances, Homer asks Langley “Am I your shadow?” (p. 74). In what ways could this song be the theme song for Homer’s story of the brothers’ lives together?
Try this:
There are numerous web sites that provide lyrics and videos of performances of this song. YouTube has a 1927 performance at the following url:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrRsNWzfEZA&feature=player_embedded
for those too lazy to search lol…
lyrics:
Shades of night are falling and I’m lonely
Standing on the corner all so blue
Sweethearts having fun
Pass me one by one
Guess I’ll wind up like I always do
With only
Me and my shadow
Strolling down the avenue
Me and my shadow
Not a soul to tell our troubles to
And when it’s twelve o’clock
We climb the stair
We never knock
For nobody’s there
Just me and my shadow
All alone and all so blue
When the sun sets on the far horizon
And the parlor lamps begin to glow
Jim and Jack and John
Put their slippers on
They’re all set but we’re still on the go
So lonely
Me and my shadow
Strolling down the avenue
Me and my shadow
Not a soul to tell our troubles to
When I go out at night
With my old pal
We never fight about any gal
Just me and my shadow
All alone and all so blue
And when it’s twelve o’clock
We climb the stair
We never knock
For nobody’s there
Just me and my shadow
All alone and all so blue.
hope that helped someone, hope your summer isn’t melting you
My dad used to sing me this song to sleep everynight….amazing I did not know how old this was!