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An Innocent Time I Recall

There's an innocent time that I recall
  when every girl is Cinderella at a bobby-sox ball
each guy, a penny-loafer prince in a white letter sweater
  and the jukebox music keeps getting better

A place where the teens are not overly hip
  where the burn-outs and greasers don't dare give them lip
where 350-engines purr under car hoods
  where heroes are handsome, virtuous and good

The Beach Boys are gone now
  Bobby Vee, Neil Sedaka, Chuck Berry too
Hearing their music brings a tear to my eye
  If I make it to Heaven, I hope they'll drop by

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2021

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Caren Krutsinger Date: 11/30/2021 9:05:00 PM We used to have a 1970 Maverick with "where 350-engines purr under car hoods" - It was fine! I always want a V-10 or a V-8 or a 350, so this made me smile! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 11/30/2021 9:07:00 PM The good old days those were... gas for 19 cents a gallon. My first car cost me $50. A Pontiac Catalina with a 350cc engine under the hood. Leaked oil. Used it in my hair. (Yeah, sure) ~ The Fonz

Malabika Ray Choudhury Date: 11/26/2021 5:27:00 AM Dear Gershon, truly enjoyed your poem about the "innocent time". I am not very much familiar with the music you have mentioned, but I can very much relate to the sentiment. Warm wishes~ Mala Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 11/27/2021 7:19:00 PM Thanks for relating to this one, even without the music, Mala. Happiness and Joy, Gershon

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 11/26/2021 2:20:00 AM The kind of music you mention brings comfort to me still Gershon. Loved this little trip down memory lane. Thank you. Blessings xxoo Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 11/26/2021 12:46:00 PM Music is a comfort, indeed. Hope you are feeling well, Connie. Season's best, gw

L Milton Hankins Date: 11/25/2021 6:55:00 PM Ah, I'm counting on you to make it, gw. Maybe there we can share a few good laughs...and wonder how we made it! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 11/26/2021 12:45:00 PM Yes... and definitely wonder how we made it (at least, if you're past is anything like mine...) Season's best, gw

Silpika Kalita Date: 11/25/2021 3:33:00 PM You have the style of T. S Eliot, especially for this outstanding composition, how much it reminds me of Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock by Eliot but with the delightful revival note, that's I loved the most...Silpika. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 11/25/2021 3:52:00 PM Whoa... Thank you for your incredible compliment, Silpika. It's amazing to me, as I have not read any T.S. Eliot for 50 years! Appreciate your encouragement greatly! Many, thanks, Gershon

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 11/25/2021 2:27:00 PM You are really having a music revival my friend the beach boys also a heavenly group. Hugs and blessings Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 11/25/2021 3:23:00 PM Your powers of observation are indeed acute, Jennifer. I am having a music revival -- proof that ordinary people can come back from the dead! lol. Thanks, gw

Quoth Theraven Date: 11/25/2021 12:59:00 PM Gershon, Such a fine poem from the golden era of vinyl. It was a fine time to listen to the soundtrack of our lives. -Richard Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 11/25/2021 3:26:00 PM Gosh, I'd forgotten that those old discs were vinyl. And now I remember that my parents bought a large monaural (!) sound system in the mid-50's. We finally bought a stereo system in the mid-60's ~ The Neanderthals

Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 11/25/2021 11:43:00 AM Hello Gershon, I enjoyed the Beach Boys, Beetles, Peter, Paul,& Mary. Collie Simon, and many more. Enjoy your day my friend. Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 11/26/2021 2:39:00 PM Hello Gershon, yes Gershon, Cheers for those days of good music and lyrics, melody, and harmony The Golden Oldie. Enjoy your evening my friend. Gershon Wolf Date: 11/25/2021 3:31:00 PM Darlene, I too enjoyed all the musical entertainers whom you mentioned. Here's to the days when music was still about melody, harmony, and lyrics! ~ Golden Oldie