Comments | major7: The Whistle & The Blue Moon

major7

The Whistle & The Blue Moon

May 12, 2010 15:40

My dad used to have a special whistle for us five kids. I hated it. It was loud, and kind of obnoxious. (I could never whistle like he did.) It did not matter if we were at the amusement park riding roller coasters, which we often were, or at the beach trying to outswim (or outrun) the rip currents, when he whistled for us, we were to come in an an ( Read more... )

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delko May 12 2010, 20:04:17 UTC

major7 May 13 2010, 03:42:50 UTC

One of my favs from Patsy.

I spent about 1/3rd of my life working in CW bars so I have heard this one once or twice.

And yet... sandor_baci May 14 2010, 04:27:02 UTC

...I bet you'd give the world to hear that whistle again, and that when you did you'd go a-runnin' to find where it came from...

Re: And yet... major7 May 14 2010, 13:17:33 UTC

You betcha! And it's sad that I cannot really duplicate the whistle for my own personal enjoyment. I don't dare ask my brother if he can.... he's kind of like The Mister in some ways and does not like to talk about things that are sad or cause emotional distress, so... I just try to hear the whistle play in the jukebox of my head these days and I wonder if he's up in Heaven working St. Pete's nerves.... whistling....