Moon River has been my favourite song since childhood. I especially like this part: Waiting round the bend, my huckleberry friend...
It must be fantastic to have a "huckleberry" friend waiting round the bend for you. I visualise someone with a backpack waiting for you at an appointed place and time. And once you have arrived, the journey continues, with arms round each other's shoulders (silhouetted against a round, fat moon).
I didn't manage to catch the 1961 movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's" which featured Moon River as its theme song. It is a romantic comedy and has a happy ending, so I read. But the melody and the lyrics didn't sound that upbeat. In fact it sounds a little sad, to me. Somehow, it brought to mind, the story of a loyal dog waiting at the station for his master to return day after day... The master of course, could not, having died in the war.
Poor huckleberry friend.
Breakfast at Tiffany, I cannot remember whether I saw this movie. However, I remembered it was the theme song of the "Andy Williams" show. To find a Huckleberry friend today, would be like locating a needle in a haystack. Sadly, only can only find such loyalty in man's best friend. It's an endearing character..
ReplyDeleteYup. I believe it was Andy William's opening song. I hope you've got a Huckleberry friend. Don't let him go or wait too long.
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