Mountain Greenery

May 1, 2003 - "Mission Accomplished"
May 1, 2005 - Downing Street Memo published

May 1, 2006 - For today, forget the lies and deception which are now endemic to this world in which we live. Just think about this great Rodgers and Hart song, especially as sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme or Matt Dennis:

On the first of May, it is moving day,
Spring is here, so blow your job,
Throw your job away!

Now's the time to trust,
To your wanderlust,
In the city's dust you wait, must you wait
Just you wait.......!

In a mountain greenery,
Where God paints the scenery
Just two crazy people together.

While you love your lover,
Let blue skies, be your cover-let,
When it rains we'll laugh at the weather.

And if you're good,
I'll search for wood,
So you can cook... while I stand look-in'

Beans could get no keener reception in a beanery
Bless our mountain greenery home!

Mosquitoes here,
Won't bite you dear,
I'll let them sting, me on the finger!

We could find no cleaner retreat from life's machinery
Then our mountain greenery home.

My May Day Ritual

Listening to Mountain Greenery

On the 1st of May

It’s a dreary day today on Martha’s Vineyard; rain is forecast. But, it is the first of May and if you want some sunshine in your life, listen to Ella Fitzgerald singing Rodgers and Hart’s “Mountain Greenery”, which begins, “On the first of May it is moving day…..”

If you don’t have her version, try that by Mel Torme or Matt Dennis.