Where the eagle used to fly...
Below is a story about why Casey and I are soulmates.
(or, how midwest elementary educations are all the same)
This is a momentously amazing tale to me.
Okay. As a kid, I was obsessed with Native Americans. I think I was an Indian princess for several different Halloweens as a child. I also loved loved loved animals. I was that kid with the artistic wolf t-shirt in the 90s. As such, my favorite favorite song as a child in music class at Charles Quentin Elementary was the song "The Eagle." Every time it was my turn to pick a song, I always always picked that one, no matter what my classmates in music wanted to sing. When I left Quentin, I remember the music teacher even gave me a copy of the lyrics. I've always been a bit sad from time to time that I couldn't remember how that song that I loved so much as a kid actually went. I mean, I could remember every dang word of "Carrot Stew" but not the Eagle song! I remembered that it was sad, but I loved it anyway.
Last night Casey and I were swapping elementary memories, and got to the topic of music class and the silly kids songs we remember singing, and I mentioned that there was some song about an eagle and told him the few details I remembered about the lyrics, and he TOTALLY KNEW what song I was talking about!! He was like "omg that song was so sad!" I was so excited, because it didn't seem to me like a standard elementary song, like the "50 nifty united states" or anything, and was so psyched that he knew this song that I'd so loved! I couldn't remember how it went at all, but he said he remembered that it started with drums, "bum, bum-bum..." and repeated that rhythm over and over for awhile trying to get the rest to come out. Later when we were laying in bed he just started singing a bit of it, "In a land without a friend, Will there be an empty sky..." and as that came out, he remembered a bit more, "Where the Eagle used to fly in the wind?" and I recognized it and sang along, tugging at the way back of my memory as I finally so many years later heard the melody and the lyrics again.
I can't tell you exactly why, but this was like a total affirmation to me that Casey is like, my other half. That I've found someone that I have so much in common with, down to a favorite elementary school song. It was also so weird, that we were helping each other reconstruct a forgotten memory and succeeded. This really isn't that amazing, and Casey thought I was crazy, but this was incredible and important to me. I was so touched to hear that song that I loved again from the person I love.
If anyone is interested, you can read the lyrics and/or hear a chorus of little kids singing "The Eagle" here:
http://csd.k12.nh.us/~charm/TheEagle.htm
(or, how midwest elementary educations are all the same)
This is a momentously amazing tale to me.
Okay. As a kid, I was obsessed with Native Americans. I think I was an Indian princess for several different Halloweens as a child. I also loved loved loved animals. I was that kid with the artistic wolf t-shirt in the 90s. As such, my favorite favorite song as a child in music class at Charles Quentin Elementary was the song "The Eagle." Every time it was my turn to pick a song, I always always picked that one, no matter what my classmates in music wanted to sing. When I left Quentin, I remember the music teacher even gave me a copy of the lyrics. I've always been a bit sad from time to time that I couldn't remember how that song that I loved so much as a kid actually went. I mean, I could remember every dang word of "Carrot Stew" but not the Eagle song! I remembered that it was sad, but I loved it anyway.
Last night Casey and I were swapping elementary memories, and got to the topic of music class and the silly kids songs we remember singing, and I mentioned that there was some song about an eagle and told him the few details I remembered about the lyrics, and he TOTALLY KNEW what song I was talking about!! He was like "omg that song was so sad!" I was so excited, because it didn't seem to me like a standard elementary song, like the "50 nifty united states" or anything, and was so psyched that he knew this song that I'd so loved! I couldn't remember how it went at all, but he said he remembered that it started with drums, "bum, bum-bum..." and repeated that rhythm over and over for awhile trying to get the rest to come out. Later when we were laying in bed he just started singing a bit of it, "In a land without a friend, Will there be an empty sky..." and as that came out, he remembered a bit more, "Where the Eagle used to fly in the wind?" and I recognized it and sang along, tugging at the way back of my memory as I finally so many years later heard the melody and the lyrics again.
I can't tell you exactly why, but this was like a total affirmation to me that Casey is like, my other half. That I've found someone that I have so much in common with, down to a favorite elementary school song. It was also so weird, that we were helping each other reconstruct a forgotten memory and succeeded. This really isn't that amazing, and Casey thought I was crazy, but this was incredible and important to me. I was so touched to hear that song that I loved again from the person I love.
If anyone is interested, you can read the lyrics and/or hear a chorus of little kids singing "The Eagle" here:
http://csd.k12.nh.us/~charm/TheEagle.htm