My Old Black and White

What I’d give to wake in the morning and hear those church bells ring To turn on my old black and white and hear Gene Autry sing Turn back the time to simpler days with Roy and Dale too Wait for the Late Show and watch the antics of Bud and Lou All the girls thought Kookie Byrnes was really hip Driving a convertible on Seventy Seven Sunset Strip Kryptonite was the only thing that could make Superman falter Ramar’s friend Charlie talked to a parrot named Walter I watched Kitty and Chester on Gunsmoke and listened to Ricky sing There was Circus Boy, My Friend Flicka and don’t forget Sky King There was Jeff and Lassie, Davy Crockett and the Wild Frontier I’d watch Robin Hood and Marian in the days of Queen Guinevere Remember The Thin Man, The Whistler and The Shadow Knows Alfred Hitchcock and Inner Sanctum were two of my favorite shows I remember Milton Berle, Red Skelton, Perry Como would croon What’s my Line, Beat the Clock and Name That Tune The Life of Riley, Leave it to Beaver and Father Knows Best Palladin, Sugarfoot, and Cheyenne in the Old West Boxing from Madison Square Garden on Friday Night I saw it all on my old black and white.