DU SPIELST 'NE TOLLE ROLLE IN DEN MEMOIREN
( You play a great role in the Memoir )
"Here ...hold this
sky...careful and
don't drop it!"
Memory frowns
as I
fumble the sky
"That there's a genuine
1963 sky..."
it tells me proudly
" I really had to
search high and low
to find it!"
Memory added
a few passing birds
to get the gist of it
"These birds are from
I know....1969
but nobody will notice!"
Memory similed to itself
"And this...
is you being seven!"
Memory set about
making me
a world...my world
it got most things
right but some things
not so right
"That's a 1943 tree
I point out
"I wasn't even born then!"
"Alright alright...whatever!"
Memory rolls its eyes
"Keep yer hair on!"
I remind Memory
I haven't any hair
any more
and so Memory
and I
go about
making the world
of me
aged seven
"You poets are so
exacting..."
Memory moans
"Now go and
live in it
if you will."
I loved being me
being seven
and so
pull back the sky
and enter
the world of then
as if it were
the world of now
I once again
that little boy
Nat King Cole on the radio
"Roll out those lazy crazy hazy days
of summer
you'll wish that summer
could always be here."
"
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" is a popular song composed by Hans Carste. It was originally written as "Du spielst 'ne tolle Rolle", with German lyrics by Hans Bradtke, and was first recorded under that title in 1962 by ***** Hagara.
In 1963, it was recorded by Nat King Cole, with English lyrics written by Charles Tobias on a theme of nostalgia. Cole's version, arranged by Ralph Carmichael and produced by Lee Gillette, reached number 6 on the US Hot 100. On the US Middle-Road Singles chart, "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" reached number 3.It was the opening track of Cole's 1963 album of the same name.
As a little boy I always thought that this song brought the summer in!
