Songs from childhood…

Truly, when one mulls over the songs that one had heard in childhood, one realizes that the associations, connotations were so different- sometimes, I have heard and understood only half the lyrics and coolly proceeded to fill up the blanks in my memory with my own words, and today on retrospect they sound so ridiculous…
I had this classmate in school from Goa – Judy Sequeira- She sang beautifully- she had a honey voice and I heard English songs from her lips for the first time- one of my old favourites was- I r’member no singer’s name- for me they were all sung by Judy- I’m afraid my memory fails me at many a point but this is what the gist was…


Jimmy please say
You’ll wait for me
I’ll grow up some day you’ll see
Savin all my kisses
Just for you
Signed with love forever true…

Johnny was a girl who lived next door
I’ve known her I guess
Ten years or more
Johnny wrote me a note one day and this is what she had to say…

Jimmy please say
You’ll wait for me
I’ll grow up some day you’ll see
Savin all my kisses
Just for you
Signed with love forever true

Johnny was a girl who lived next door
I’ve known her I guess
Ten years or more
Her teardrops fell like rain that day
When I told Johnny
What I had to say…

Johnny, Johnny please don’t cry
You’ll forget me by and by…
You’re just 16 and I’m 22
Johnny, I just can’t wait for you…

I packed my bags, and caught a plane…

(here, my memory fails me, but the crux is that our Jimmy waits for a few years, is unable to get Johnny out of his mind and decides to go back to Johnny and then….)

My tear drops fell like rain that day
When Johnny told me what she had to say..

Jimmy, Jimmy, please don’t cry…
You’ll forget me by and by
…………………………
Jimmy, I’ve married
Your best friend John…….


I r’member I was so sad about the ending , but nevertheless, somewhere inside my heart, I did think serves Jimmy right!

Other songs that she used to sing was-
Nobody’s child
I’m nobody’s child
Just like a flower
I’m growing wild
No mummy’s kisses, no daddy’s smiles
Just like a flower
I’m growing wild…

It was about a blind orphan, whom nobody wanted to adopt, all the other kids were chosen by prospective parents…I used to feel so sad, that I wanted to bring home this child…

Yet another one was-

Mother of mine
You gave to me
All of my life
To do as I please
I owe everything
I’ve to you
Mother sweet mother of mine….this one, I think I r’member the whole song…

Then there was another one which went something like-

Sunday morning, up with the lark
I think I’ll take a walk in the park..
Hey….it’s a beautiful day..

……
oola paloma blanca…
another one-
Goodbye to you, my trusted friend…

Running away t’gether
Running away forever…angelo…

Now my memory is getting all befuddled…

Wonder where Judy is today…