@sleazylagoon--Thank you! They aren't the words to the song. I made them up. I also wrote three additional stanzas to complete the song. I seem to be inspired by the great music of Leroy Anderson. I wrote lyrics to his "First Day of Spring" and "Girl in Satin." Someday I'd like to show them to representatives of Mr. Anderson's estate.
If I could see inside your heart/So many miles away/So many years of changing seasons/Drift so fast away/Would there be any trace of me?/Somewhere a faded tapestry/A fragment of the dream I lived/When I was at your side...
On a particularly hard (mental, emotion and phsyical) day I drove home from work and stumbled on this song being played on NPR. Though I had probably heard it a million time during my "musical career" - it was the first time it brought me to tears. To me delight, I had a copy of the music in my file cabinet. I've been working on a "modern" version that kids might like - but at the same time keep the same feel of the original! Thanks for posting this!
I had no idea who he was when my friend mailed me this link... but I do remember his music from my childhood... it brought me close to tears as I remembered listening to the radio with my family at night as Dad read the paper and Mum knitted booties for another of her grandchildren. Thankyou so much for keeping this alive
I'm instantly transported back to my nursery in the very late 50's early 60's.Just a beautiful melodic masterpiece.Leroy Anderson rocks! Pax to all from 73soulboy.Xxx.
Such a beautifully haunting melody. I have been aware of Mr. Anderson's more famous contributions, Sleigh Ride (my favorite C'mas song) A Trumpeter's Lullaby, and other's but I have just discovered this gem. Thank you for posting.
I thank Danny Baker (London radio DJ and presenter) for re-introducing me to this lovely melody. This and other Leroy Anderson tracks are regularly played as 'mood-music' on his afternoon show, and I eventually found who the composer was of all this great music. Now I'm a huge fan!
In April, 2011, It was used as the Theme Music for The Woman's Hour Drama, The Little Ottleys on BBC Radio 4--- Martyn Wade's dramatisation of Ada Leverson's witty and wonderful social comedy is a story of delightful and romantic entanglements set in Edwardian London.
couple of little kids played this as a piano quartet (bout age 7) and its SO cute!! i love leroy anderson, wish i could've gotton to meet him but i think hes dead
Just like Ereek1, I could hum this melody for years and years but never knew what it was. Was poking around on youtube tonight listening to different Leroy Anderson tunes, and found this. A decades old mystery is solved. Thanks for uploading this, you've made my day.
Those were the times when a better world was being build. Today we have a world in demolition. What it will come after? Don't know but certainly nothing good.
Dave, again. The "favorite" which I used to accompany the "dry" sign-off was Leroy Anderson's "Trumpeter's Lullaby," the first verse of which fit that sign-off perfectly. Wish I had saved a tape of it. (Jan. 1963.) (My one artistic contribution, . . . gone. Sigh! :'-( )
Dave here. Mr. Anderson does look rather stern for a man who has composed such playful music: "Plink, Plank, Plunk," "Fiddle Faddle," "Blue Tango," "The Syncopated Clock," "Sandpaper Ballet," "Sleigh Ride," etc. "Trumpeter's Lullaby," was one of my favorites, which I used to accompany the "dry" sign-off at New Smyrna Beach, Florida's WSBB. "Day is done, and your good neighbor on the air, WSBB, comes to the end of another day's broadcasting, etc." They dropped the music when I left. Sigh!
Dave here. Mr. Anderson does look rather stern for a man who has composed such playful music: "Plink, Plank, Plunk," "Fiddle Faddle," "Blue Tango," "The Syncopated Clock," "Sandpaper Ballet," "Sleigh Ride," etc, etc. (NOT eck-cetera!) One of my favorites, which I used to accompany the "dry" sign-off at New Smyrna Beach, Florida's WSBB. "Day is done, and your good neighbor on the air, WSBB, comes to the end of another day's broadcasting, etc." They dropped the music when I left. (sigh!)
What a heartbreaking song! It reminds me....how much we have all lost. The class, the elegance, and poise of a time gone by. I hope for the sake of my children and grandchildren that we can return to a time when this caliber of pure emotion can flow through and from each of us. Thank you Leroy Anderson!!!
I never get tired of hearing this. Absolutely beautiful. This is the version where Leroy Anderson himself plays the piano, and conducts. I've always wanted to do my own version, but I could never top this version. Thanks.
Sublime though it is, I still prefer the Wind Band arrangement Mr. Anderson himself made; the Flute Soli will always hold a certain wistful reflectiveness that will haunt me for my whole life.
@MrGamespecialist - Actually, Anderson's original 1954 recording was what was used for KABC-TV's sign-offs. This 1959 re-recording by Anderson was what WABC-TV used to end their Friday evening and late night weekend editions of "Eyewitness News" up to about 1977-78. I don't think the 1954 original can be found here anymore.
We all agree Leroy's better than Mantovani, come on people ,let's just love the music for what it is!!! I too prefer Leroy's version but I would not begin think I know if one is BETTER than the other. I'm not a music student I just love music!!!Pax to all from Ian Smith.Xxx.
I heard this on a CD recently and thought "holy smokes, I remember that. haven't heard it in years." I couldn't exactly remember where it was from, but knew it was some news show here in NY back from when I was a little kid. Thought it might have been channel 5 news, but I see here it was channel 7. One of those things you completely forgot about, forgot it even existed, then you hear it and it all comes back.
This IS the Leroy Anderson version. Here, let me play it again. That's his pic-
ture (no, not "pitcher," kiddies). First heard "Forgotten Memories" in 1958 at the Army Language School in Monterey, CA. It was the perfect setting for a senti-
mental slob like me. Fog rolling over the hill on the west side of the Presidio almost every evening at sunset. By 7 p.m.
envelopment was complete. A sense of total solitude. Buoy bells ringing in the bay. Sea lions barking somewhere out there . .
I actually heard, on a website devoted to Anderson, this same recording as here, only it was stereo . . . apparently, this was his second version, recorded for mono and stereo in 1958 . . . the first version, recorded in 1954, must've been the one heard on 1980's sign-offs from KABC-TV in Los Angeles, as follows:
- watch?v=NBkateT20kg (1982, V/O Len Beardsley)
- watch?v=q4jxVIkbaPY (c.1985-86, V/O Dean Webber)
Follow-up: This was indeed Mr. Anderson's second recording of this tune, made in mono and stereo on June 11, 1959 (mx. #107,399) and released on LP DL (7)8954. The first version was cut on June 2, 1954 (mx. #86363).
This sounds like the version by Mantovani . . . in any case, this is the version that I remember as being heard at the end of Friday editions of WABC's "Eyewitness News" through 1977.
Wow. I remember this song being played after eyewitness news WABC in NY and I think it was Sunday night. Such a soothing song for some reason. And I also remember Leroy Andersons syncopated clock being played after the late late show I think on WCBS TV in NY after the show. I cant remember what year.
@jcort154 - The recording of "Syncopated Clock" used on WCBS-TV's "Late Show" and "Late Late Show," through c.1971-72, was that of Percy Faith - corporate synergy, due to the fact that CBS owned Columbia Records (Faith's label) back then. But this piece - this particular version, Anderson's 1959 re-recording - was indeed used as the close for "EWN" on Friday evenings as well as on late weekend editions (Saturday as well as Sunday). (KABC-TV in Los Angeles used his 1954 version for sign-offs.)
@525wireman they had roger grismby and bill buttel as sort of a huntly brinkly report one guy husky one guy skinny then when woman anchormen started becoming more prominent they fired grimsby [ the huntly brinkly report used the sherzo from beethoven 9 as a theme in a tv concert leonard bernstein said this is teh theme from the huntly brinkly report]
I have always loved this short little melancholy piece. I would love to know what, if anything, inspired the title.
tosherification 2 weeks ago
Need to return to this delightful music. Bring back Leroy Anderson and Leonard Bernstein. Cheers!
Glinkaism1 1 month ago
@sleazylagoon--I don't think "The Pennywhistle Song" has lyrics. Maybe some day...
protoville 1 month ago
@sleazylagoon--Thank you! They aren't the words to the song. I made them up. I also wrote three additional stanzas to complete the song. I seem to be inspired by the great music of Leroy Anderson. I wrote lyrics to his "First Day of Spring" and "Girl in Satin." Someday I'd like to show them to representatives of Mr. Anderson's estate.
protoville 1 month ago
If I could see inside your heart/So many miles away/So many years of changing seasons/Drift so fast away/Would there be any trace of me?/Somewhere a faded tapestry/A fragment of the dream I lived/When I was at your side...
protoville 2 months ago
On a particularly hard (mental, emotion and phsyical) day I drove home from work and stumbled on this song being played on NPR. Though I had probably heard it a million time during my "musical career" - it was the first time it brought me to tears. To me delight, I had a copy of the music in my file cabinet. I've been working on a "modern" version that kids might like - but at the same time keep the same feel of the original! Thanks for posting this!
oneandonlymikehess 3 months ago 3
I had no idea who he was when my friend mailed me this link... but I do remember his music from my childhood... it brought me close to tears as I remembered listening to the radio with my family at night as Dad read the paper and Mum knitted booties for another of her grandchildren. Thankyou so much for keeping this alive
nenmack 3 months ago
BeautifulThankyou x
Somme1916Somme 4 months ago
This man and his music is just magnificent.........fabulous and unforgettable!!!!!
MegaPffft 5 months ago
I'm instantly transported back to my nursery in the very late 50's early 60's.Just a beautiful melodic masterpiece.Leroy Anderson rocks! Pax to all from 73soulboy.Xxx.
73soulboy 5 months ago
Beautiful.
nicketeen1 6 months ago
Leroy Anderson was a composer, and a brilliant one. I often think he is comparable to Norman Rockwell.
Those who turn their noses up toward artists like these ought to catalog their own accomplishments and see how they compare with these guys' works.
BTW, The Economist shares my view of Rockwell.
lskarin 6 months ago
Such a beautifully haunting melody. I have been aware of Mr. Anderson's more famous contributions, Sleigh Ride (my favorite C'mas song) A Trumpeter's Lullaby, and other's but I have just discovered this gem. Thank you for posting.
1947carlton 7 months ago
Ohhh, THIS!
ferociousgumby 8 months ago
I thank Danny Baker (London radio DJ and presenter) for re-introducing me to this lovely melody. This and other Leroy Anderson tracks are regularly played as 'mood-music' on his afternoon show, and I eventually found who the composer was of all this great music. Now I'm a huge fan!
musicol 9 months ago
In April, 2011, It was used as the Theme Music for The Woman's Hour Drama, The Little Ottleys on BBC Radio 4--- Martyn Wade's dramatisation of Ada Leverson's witty and wonderful social comedy is a story of delightful and romantic entanglements set in Edwardian London.
wlsantn 10 months ago
couple of little kids played this as a piano quartet (bout age 7) and its SO cute!! i love leroy anderson, wish i could've gotton to meet him but i think hes dead
AuroraNicoleEV 10 months ago
Just like Ereek1, I could hum this melody for years and years but never knew what it was. Was poking around on youtube tonight listening to different Leroy Anderson tunes, and found this. A decades old mystery is solved. Thanks for uploading this, you've made my day.
dbrooks189 10 months ago
I remember this song from a dreamy `3` commercial... <3
mrsxierox9 1 year ago
Those were the times when a better world was being build. Today we have a world in demolition. What it will come after? Don't know but certainly nothing good.
chupasangra 1 year ago
Dave, again. The "favorite" which I used to accompany the "dry" sign-off was Leroy Anderson's "Trumpeter's Lullaby," the first verse of which fit that sign-off perfectly. Wish I had saved a tape of it. (Jan. 1963.) (My one artistic contribution, . . . gone. Sigh! :'-( )
Myrtle791 1 year ago
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Dave here. Mr. Anderson does look rather stern for a man who has composed such playful music: "Plink, Plank, Plunk," "Fiddle Faddle," "Blue Tango," "The Syncopated Clock," "Sandpaper Ballet," "Sleigh Ride," etc. "Trumpeter's Lullaby," was one of my favorites, which I used to accompany the "dry" sign-off at New Smyrna Beach, Florida's WSBB. "Day is done, and your good neighbor on the air, WSBB, comes to the end of another day's broadcasting, etc." They dropped the music when I left. Sigh!
Myrtle791 1 year ago
Dave here. Mr. Anderson does look rather stern for a man who has composed such playful music: "Plink, Plank, Plunk," "Fiddle Faddle," "Blue Tango," "The Syncopated Clock," "Sandpaper Ballet," "Sleigh Ride," etc, etc. (NOT eck-cetera!) One of my favorites, which I used to accompany the "dry" sign-off at New Smyrna Beach, Florida's WSBB. "Day is done, and your good neighbor on the air, WSBB, comes to the end of another day's broadcasting, etc." They dropped the music when I left. (sigh!)
Myrtle791 1 year ago
What a heartbreaking song! It reminds me....how much we have all lost. The class, the elegance, and poise of a time gone by. I hope for the sake of my children and grandchildren that we can return to a time when this caliber of pure emotion can flow through and from each of us. Thank you Leroy Anderson!!!
hhltest1 1 year ago
Sheer class!
wavell103103 1 year ago
Pure heaven
hannahforest 1 year ago
Pure heaven
hannahforest 1 year ago
I never get tired of hearing this. Absolutely beautiful. This is the version where Leroy Anderson himself plays the piano, and conducts. I've always wanted to do my own version, but I could never top this version. Thanks.
ElvaLives 1 year ago
Sublime though it is, I still prefer the Wind Band arrangement Mr. Anderson himself made; the Flute Soli will always hold a certain wistful reflectiveness that will haunt me for my whole life.
Peripatetic45 1 year ago
that music was also used when they sign-off kabc-tv
MrGamespecialist 1 year ago
@MrGamespecialist - Actually, Anderson's original 1954 recording was what was used for KABC-TV's sign-offs. This 1959 re-recording by Anderson was what WABC-TV used to end their Friday evening and late night weekend editions of "Eyewitness News" up to about 1977-78. I don't think the 1954 original can be found here anymore.
wmbrown6 1 year ago
always delightful---
MRSBAbe100 1 year ago
this music is made in heaven..so peaceful...
TheFlyhigh26 1 year ago
We all agree Leroy's better than Mantovani, come on people ,let's just love the music for what it is!!! I too prefer Leroy's version but I would not begin think I know if one is BETTER than the other. I'm not a music student I just love music!!!Pax to all from Ian Smith.Xxx.
Mr1973ian 1 year ago
I heard this on a CD recently and thought "holy smokes, I remember that. haven't heard it in years." I couldn't exactly remember where it was from, but knew it was some news show here in NY back from when I was a little kid. Thought it might have been channel 5 news, but I see here it was channel 7. One of those things you completely forgot about, forgot it even existed, then you hear it and it all comes back.
RRaquello 1 year ago
Piece? Too? Tranquility? (I keep Merriam-Webster near my Gateway. ;-) )
Myrtle791 2 years ago
This IS the Leroy Anderson version. Here, let me play it again. That's his pic-
ture (no, not "pitcher," kiddies). First heard "Forgotten Memories" in 1958 at the Army Language School in Monterey, CA. It was the perfect setting for a senti-
mental slob like me. Fog rolling over the hill on the west side of the Presidio almost every evening at sunset. By 7 p.m.
envelopment was complete. A sense of total solitude. Buoy bells ringing in the bay. Sea lions barking somewhere out there . .
Myrtle791 2 years ago
I actually heard, on a website devoted to Anderson, this same recording as here, only it was stereo . . . apparently, this was his second version, recorded for mono and stereo in 1958 . . . the first version, recorded in 1954, must've been the one heard on 1980's sign-offs from KABC-TV in Los Angeles, as follows:
- watch?v=NBkateT20kg (1982, V/O Len Beardsley)
- watch?v=q4jxVIkbaPY (c.1985-86, V/O Dean Webber)
Personally, I do prefer this version.
wmbrown6 2 years ago
Follow-up: This was indeed Mr. Anderson's second recording of this tune, made in mono and stereo on June 11, 1959 (mx. #107,399) and released on LP DL (7)8954. The first version was cut on June 2, 1954 (mx. #86363).
wmbrown6 2 years ago
This sounds like the version by Mantovani . . . in any case, this is the version that I remember as being heard at the end of Friday editions of WABC's "Eyewitness News" through 1977.
wmbrown6 2 years ago
I seem to only remember it for the Sunday Night 11:30pm closing credits for "Eyewitness News" on WABC's Ch7 out of NYC.
525wireman 2 years ago
It was also on the closing credits of the Saturday night editions prior to the 11:30 movie. But as I said, this version was the one.
wmbrown6 2 years ago
@525wireman
Wow. I remember this song being played after eyewitness news WABC in NY and I think it was Sunday night. Such a soothing song for some reason. And I also remember Leroy Andersons syncopated clock being played after the late late show I think on WCBS TV in NY after the show. I cant remember what year.
jcort154 11 months ago
@jcort154 - The recording of "Syncopated Clock" used on WCBS-TV's "Late Show" and "Late Late Show," through c.1971-72, was that of Percy Faith - corporate synergy, due to the fact that CBS owned Columbia Records (Faith's label) back then. But this piece - this particular version, Anderson's 1959 re-recording - was indeed used as the close for "EWN" on Friday evenings as well as on late weekend editions (Saturday as well as Sunday). (KABC-TV in Los Angeles used his 1954 version for sign-offs.)
wmbrown6 11 months ago
@525wireman they had roger grismby and bill buttel as sort of a huntly brinkly report one guy husky one guy skinny then when woman anchormen started becoming more prominent they fired grimsby [ the huntly brinkly report used the sherzo from beethoven 9 as a theme in a tv concert leonard bernstein said this is teh theme from the huntly brinkly report]
spacepatrolman 6 months ago
No it does'nt Mantovani version is better
LondonBoy2006 2 years ago
Beautiful peace of music and thats just what it does to... emotes peace and tranquillity... sheer bliss :0)x
wenglishsal 2 years ago
:')
Molinilson 2 years ago
last comment posted by ian smith
1973nitram 2 years ago
love this tune remids me of my nursery somewhere back in the very early sixties try sandpaper ballet by leroy too it's marvellous
1973nitram 2 years ago
This is haunting and beautiful--especially the piano. It's forever.
kb3eza 2 years ago