And So I Sing

I sing

though I have failed
to be the sweetest song

I write
though I have not
become the brightest thought

To over think the gift
(unworthiness thereof)
is insult to the Giver

So I will live
as I will die
a sinner saved by grace

And so I sing
to echo him
the Giver of the song

Patricia Spreng

Amazing Grace/My Chains Are Gone - Chris Tomlin - as sung by Patricia Spreng
(Music accompaniment by Premier Performance Plus soundtracks)

A Standard Poem

Mind if I add a little background music to the pub tonight?

      In July,  I gave a concert at the grand opening of a beautiful, new retirement community in a nearby city. I noticed how the titles of the songs fit nicely into a poem of sorts…. A Standard Poem,  if you will. 

          Click right here  or on the "Recordings" tab above if you'd like to hear me sing some of these.  Enjoy! 

A Standard Poem

What’s New?

(did you know)

I Have Got a Crush on You?

(i love having )

Someone to Watch Over Me

(and whisper in my ear)

Hello Dolly

(i hear the)

Skylark

(in the)

Orange Colored Sky

(and i think to myself)

What a Wonderful World

(it’s)

Almost Like Being In Love

When I Fall In Love

(i get)

Misty

(do I need to spell it for you?)

L-O-V-E

At Last

The Very Thought of You

(is)

Unforgettable

(because of the way you make me)

Smile

Patricia Spreng

Joining today with d'verse Poets Pub for open link night.  The pub opens at 3 pm est.  Click on their site to find the wonderful words of poets and enjoy!

Singing… it’s part of who I am.  I still remember the day my Dad assembled the stereo cabinet in the front hall  and ran speakers into the living room.  Our lives were forever transformed by Petula Clark,  Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Andy Williams, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, etc.  And then, there was that day that he brought home a microphone and plugged into it’s own jack in the stereo.  It was all over after that.  We were our own entertainment on many a night.  So, the other night when I gave a concert at the opening of a beautiful, new retirement center in a nearby town, I couldn’t help but see how the titles of the songs I sang fit nicely into a poem of sorts…. A Standard Poem, if you will.

A Standard Poem

What’s New?

(did you know)

I Have Got a Crush on You?

(i love having )

Someone to Watch Over Me

(and whisper in my ear)

Hello Dolly.

(i hear the)

Skylark

(and see the)

Orange Colored Sky

(and i think to myself)

What a Wonderful World.

(it’s)

Almost Like Being In Love.

When I Fall In Love

(i get)

Misty.

(do I need to spell it for you?)

L-O-V-E.

At Last

The Very Thought of You

(is)

Unforgettable.

(you make me)

Smile.

Patricia Spreng

Jes Lemme Sang

Mice in the kitchen

Momma be unstrung

work a little hectic

dog just rolled in dung

Daddy’s far away

long time comin’ back

this bed all big and lonely

said ‘yes,’ but what the heck

daughters are a scrappin’

son professed new love

but I was sangin’ blues las night

ain’ nothin’ more I love

so pick away guitar men

let me hear you play

touch me with your strings of steel

I’ll sing us far away

Patricia Spreng

Dad, I gots to do me sum sangin’ las night… belted out good … just like you taught me to.  You’d say ‘it was grand, really swell.’  Oh, and I could feel it alright.  What a fun crowd, all 4^th of July and such.  I would tell you how we jammed all night and I kept picking up what they was layin down.  It was hot... and they were cool cats, Dad.  Totally spontaneous…  the way jammin’ sposed to be.  You’da loved it…mmm… if’n you was here.  ‘Til then big daddy... lil' pitypat

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