We've had a death in the family. Its a big loss for us...the family matriarch. A fabulous lady who lived a pretty wonderful life. She was a survivor (cancer, stroke, diabetes). A widow...twice. She saw the world, but her world was her family. She gave and she gave and she gave. Friday we had a box in the mail from her, more really cute clothes for Lilly, including her very first pair of OshKoshes (yellow). The note, on yellow legal paper, said: "Don't ever walk into a store where the entrance is the baby section. Kisses to Lilly." Its on the fridge, it'll be there for a long time. We talked to her on Saturday to say thanks. She always wanted to know what Lilly was doing. On to the next big thing. We'll miss her....
And a bell in the steeple too
And in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say "cuckoo"
Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: Cuckoo, cuckoo
Children: Marta, Gretl, Brigitta:
Regretfully they tell us Cuckoo, cuckoo
But firmly they compel us Cuckoo, cuckoo
To say goodbye . . .
Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: Cuckoo!
Children: . . . to you
Children: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehn, good night
Marta: I hate to go and miss this pretty sight
Children: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehn, adieu
Friedrich: Adieu, adieu, to you and you and you
Children: So long, farewell, auf 'voir , auf wiedersehn
Liesl: I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne
Children: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehn, goodbye
Kurt: I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye -- Goodbye!
Brigitta: I'm glad to go, I cannot tell a lie
Louisa: I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly
Gretl: The sun has gone to bed and so must I
Children: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Guests: Goodbye!
But firmly they compel us Cuckoo, cuckoo
To say goodbye . . .
Marta, Gretl, Brigitta: Cuckoo!
Children: . . . to you
Children: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehn, good night
Marta: I hate to go and miss this pretty sight
Children: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehn, adieu
Friedrich: Adieu, adieu, to you and you and you
Children: So long, farewell, auf 'voir , auf wiedersehn
Liesl: I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne
Children: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehn, goodbye
Kurt: I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye -- Goodbye!
Brigitta: I'm glad to go, I cannot tell a lie
Louisa: I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly
Gretl: The sun has gone to bed and so must I
Children: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Guests: Goodbye!