Date:    Mon, 29 Jun 1998 04:03:50 -0500
<br>From:    Mike Salovesh <t20mxs1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CORN.CSO.NIU.EDU>
<br>Subject: Another rock for Barry
<br>
<br>We just came across some old sheet music for a song called "Rock me in a
<br>cradle of Kalua"; words by Al Bryan, music by Pete Wendling, copyright
<br>1931 by Irving Berlin, Inc., Music Publishers, 1607 Broadway, New York.
<br>Pictured on the cover is a photo signed "Sincerely Ben Bernie".
<br>
<br>Looking at the music, I guarantee it's not rock'n'roll.  It's a waltz. I
<br>give both the words and the music very high marks: they are the epitome
<br>of cliches.  (See postscript.) The piano arrangement (and the "original
<br>Ukulele arrangement by MAY SINGHI BREEN") are equally boring.  Ugh!
<br>
<br>Hey, if it's that bad, why are we giving it house room?  I guess because
<br>it came in a box I bought at a household auction.  It had some great
<br>original sheet music from the same era: Stardust (1929); I don't know
<br>why (1931); etc.  One of these days I'll dump the ones I don't care
<br>about on a musical nostalgia dealer we know.  With luck, he'll trade me
<br>for some of the great jazz sides he stocks.
<br>
<br>--  mike salovesh                               <salovesh[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]niu.edu>
<br>    anthropology department
<br>    northern illinois university                     PEACE !!!
<br>
<br>P.S.:  Here are the words.  Decide for yourself:
<br>
<br>"There's a land of dreams
<br>Paradise it seems
<br>Calling to me o'er the sea
<br>Under shelt'ring palms
<br>I see shelt'ring arms
<br>Waiting to hear my plea.
<br>
<br>Neath the Pagan Moon
<br>Let me lie and croon
<br>This tender song through the night
<br>'Neath a starlit sky
<br>watching dreams go by
<br>Rocked in the pale moonlight.
<br>
<br>CHORUS:
<br>
<br>Rock me in a cradle of Kalua
<br>And just let me dream of love
<br>Let me live forever in Kalua
<br>With someone I'm thinking of.
<br>
<br>I will forget
<br>Cares that I knew
<br>Where only skies are blue
<br>
<br>Rock me in a cradle of Kalua
<br>And just let my dreams come true."
<br>