What A Day For a Daydream
That… Marriage of Figaro
to Carmen was.
Everyone was there.
Maria. The Sultan of Swing,
Jolene,Rigoletto , Delilah.
The Barber of Seville. Billie Jean,
Madam Butterfly. Don Giovanni.
Eleanor Rigby, Maggie May
and Lucille.
Be My Baby, slurred
a drunken Bellini
I Will Always Love You.
Doubt You’d Stand by Me,
smiled Aretha.
I’m A Natural Woman.
I’m staying in the Hotel California
announced Maria Callas.
Imagine, replied Bessie Smith.
God Only Knows.
What’s Going On?
A Change is Going to Come
warned Elvis, Monteverdi
Ain’t Nothing but a Hound Dog.
Like a Rolling Stone, clipped Lennon
That was Yesterday smiled Fats Waller.
Hallelujah, said The Platters.
Hey Jude, said Dylan,
You look like a Dancing Queen.
What a Wonderful day…. rejoiced Mozart.
No Woman No Cry, agreed Toscanini…
Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water.
reflected Billie Holiday
By the Rivers of Babylon.
Wish You Were Here…Chopin sighed.
My Boy Lollipop, said Brahms.
There will be ..Dancing in the Streets
enthused Sam Cook…
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction
wept Bethoven.
Now now…Johnny Be Good
warned Madonna
Louis Armstrong … still awake…growled
But Baby It’s Cold Outside.
I Really Must Go…replied Ella.
What’d I Say ? laughed Pavarotti
Playing The Magic Flute.
Verdi said…Good Night Eileen. Kristine Byrne…spring 2020