I had forgotten about "Patches!" Yeah, tragedy songs were big then. I couldn't believe it when I heard Pearl Jam sing "Last Kiss" now though. What was that song in Japanese that was a hit about 1962? I think it was a love song. Oh there's, "To know, know, kno-o-ow him; is to love, love, lo-o-ove him." And "If I Were A Carpenter." And I hated Paul Anka's "Diana."
"What was that song in Japanese that was a hit about 1962?"
"Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamato. I like that song.
Patches?
Way back in Junior High I knew a guy who sang his version of the song....
Every morning 'afore I went to school
I chopped the chickens and I fed wood too
I still like his arrangement
Oh and am I the only one that when I hear the song "Blue Bayou" that rearranges the lines to....
Saving nickels saving dimes
Stick 'em where the sun don't shine
Lookin' forward to happier times on Blue Bayou