Embarking

Okay...I said I'd do it, so I am going to try. Today marks the first day of the 30-day period during which I will attempt to post something to my blog every day. Strap yourself in and hang on!

So, I always sing to the boys at bedtime. The Elder's favorite song is "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie." I'm guessing that most people have never heard of that (or most of the other songs in my bedtime rotation.) They're pretty much all the songs my mother sang to me when I was little, and those are pretty much all World War I love songs. (Or at least pre-World War II.)

Anyway, I love that "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" is his favorite, because it was always my favorite--I even sang a duet of it with my mother at my wedding. When I first started singing it, it was emotional and even kind of hard to get through for that reason, but now I just enjoy it. Well, tonight, when I got near then end, The Elder started singing along for the first time, and it was just the sweetest thing ever. I often feel as though he and my mother have some sort of weird bond (even though she died two years before he was born), so to hear him sing her song was powerful stuff.

Lyrics, for your reference:

Be sure it's true when you say, "I love you"
It's a sin to tell a lie
Millions of hearts have been broken
Just because these words were spoken
I love you, yes I do, I love you
If you break my heart, I'll die
So be sure it's true when you say, "I love you"
It's a sin to tell a lie

Cross my heart, and I hope to die
I'll never, never, never tell another white lie
Took a little doll out on a date last night
Next to her, Gravel Gertie would've looked all right
Now I'm between the devil and the deep blue sea
'Cause I said, "Baby, you look good to me"
I told her I loved her, but oh, how I lied
And now she's getting set to be my blushing bride
If she leads me to the altar, then I'm sunk
'Cause I can't tell the preacher I was drunk
So lord have mercy on a no-count sinner
Give me one more chance to let another guy win 'er
Cross my heart, and I hope to die
I'll never, never, never tell another white lie
I'll never tell another white lie