Morning Sing: May 18, 2020
This morning we encounter the first piece I ever sang and played in public… Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Jerome Kern.
I don’t remember much more than that I was asked to perform for a community celebration of some sort and I chose this piece because I loved it. No one ever said anything about how inappropriate it was as a celebration piece. I had just purchased a book of music by Jerome Kern and sang and played through it regularly. This piece spoke to me, hiding tears behind socially acceptable phrases, and so I chose to perform it—not realizing that my choice was inappropriate for the occasion (I was 12, I think).
I hope that today, you are able to allow yourself to feel your feelings and to then process them, rather than hiding behind a mask.
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Otto Harbach
© 1933 by T.B. Harms Company (renewed)
