THE END OF A PERFECT DAY!

When you come to the end of a perfect day,
And you sit alone with your thought,
While the chimes ring out with a carol gay,
For the joy that the day has brought.
Do you think what the end of a perfect day
Can mean to a tired heart,
When the sun goes down with a flaming ray,
And the dear friends have to part?

Well, this is the end of a perfect day,
Near the end of a journey, too;
But it leaves a thought that is big and strong,
With a wish that is kind and true.
For mem'ry has painted this perfect day
With colours that never fade,
And we find at the end of a perfect day
The soul of a friend we've made.

What is a Perfect Day?

Is it the day that the weather is nice?
Is it the day you get to bring your husband home from the hospital after a sudden life-threatening surgery?
Is it the day the oncologist tells you your cancer is gone?
Is it the day you see your family, after a long absence?
Is it a day spent with the one you love?
Is is any normal day, when you are able to get up in the morning, make your way through the day and then retire to bed, safe and well at the end of the day?

Is your Perfect Day, today?

During the month of December, our Christmas treat to each other was subscribing to TCM (Turner Classic Movies).  We watched old movies every night, and those we didn't watch, we recorded for later viewing.

I watched one of those movies last evening.

REMEMBER THE NIGHT
1940
with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray

There is a scene in the movie where Barbara Stanwyck, a troubled woman who has been welcomed into Fred MacMurray's family home for Christmas, plays a song on the piano while the rest of the characters in the scene sing the words.

She is overcome with emotion, because she has been so lovingly welcomed by this family.

I watched the scene, but I was taken with the words to the song.  So after the movie was over, I googled it.

This song ( words and music) was written by Carrie Jacobs-Bond in 1909.  It was intended as a "Parlour" song, a Victorian term for songs sung around a piano at a home.  It was hugely successful and was recorded by many singers over many years.

Carrie Jacobs-Bond also wrote "I LOVE YOU TRULY" from her home in Janesville Wisconsin ( My Aunt Margaret's home town).  How neat is that!


If you have a minute, take a listen to Gordon MacRae singing this beautiful song!   What a beautiful voice, singing a beautiful song!



https://youtu.be/019myqmRV4M


Wishing you all A PERFECT DAY!