Music, Ants & Rain

The ants come marching one by one
Hoorah! Hoorah!

The ants come marching one by one

Hoorah! Hoorah!

The ants come marching one by one

A little one stops to have some fun

And they all go marching down

To the earth, to get out of the rain

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

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And on it goes by two, three, four

through ten as I recall.

I remember this childhood song as

the little black ants cluster on my

counter, creeping me out.

I reach for the ant (& roach) killing

Spray, which is EcoSMART and safe

around children and pets. Since I

have cats, it is very necessary.

What’s even better is it’s pleasant

Minty odor.

My father probably knew hundreds

of songs that Weird Al Yankovic

would revel in

And at least a few dozen children’s

songs such as the ant song. Pop was

a dairy farmer, so there was always

work to be done, which he often

accompanied with song and for

that reason I spent a lot of my

youth as his sidekick

I sing to this day: in my car, while I

clean house and even when I am out

on walks.

Pop’s instrument was his voice; a

Lusty baritone. I suppose that is why

I am still attracted to deep voices.

All four of his children learned to play

instruments; piano, guitar, banjo, mandolin

 and even the concertina… There was always

Music at holiday family dinners. Later this

extended to cousins, too. Some of us still

get together and sing and play at family

reunions…

It’s spring! There will be rain! No reason for

The Blues (unless you’re singing them) when

you can, sing in the rain…Let me hear it now:

Can’t you just imagine Gene Kelly bursting forth

With “Singin’ in the Rain?” (The footwork ain’t

too shabby, either.)  

Happy Spring! Enjoy the music, ants and rain

among all of  its other gifts.

Raintreepoet