tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post8581591532686454123..comments2023-11-14T13:03:49.351-08:00Comments on Miriam Levine: PoincianaMimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-65208661084937534542009-05-30T05:18:57.731-07:002009-05-30T05:18:57.731-07:00Thanks for the lyrics, Bluedog. I have the melody...Thanks for the lyrics, Bluedog. I have the melody in my head. Melissa, I'm glad you appreciate scarlet letters.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-39330721372314076452009-05-30T04:20:09.753-07:002009-05-30T04:20:09.753-07:00You are very lucky to have Bluedog keeping a watch...You are very lucky to have Bluedog keeping a watch on your words...<br />for my part, I am glad that your favorite colors are disreputable...melissashookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398008713376655570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-26954212112442381582009-05-29T19:01:48.539-07:002009-05-29T19:01:48.539-07:00I tried to find on YouTube a vocal version of the ...I tried to find on YouTube a vocal version of the song Poinciana, but could not. It is a standard and everybody did it and they are available at other sites at a modest $.99 per download. However, there are instrumental covers on YouTube, especially a two performances by Ahmad Jamal. One version of the lyrics is below, but they are so banal, to me, that they cannot stand without the gorgeous melody.<br /><br />Blow...tropic wind...<br />Sing a song...through the trees.<br /><br />Trees...sigh to me...<br />Soon my love...I will see.<br /><br />Poinciana,<br />Your branches speak to me of love.<br />Pale moon is casting shadows from above.<br /><br />Poinciana, <br />Somehow I feel the jungle heat<br />Within me, there grows a rhythmic, savage <br />beat.<br /><br />Love is everywhere, its magic perfume fills the air.<br />To and fro, you sway, my heart's in time, <br />I've learned to care.<br /><br />Poinciana,<br />Though skies may turn from blue to gray,<br />My love will live for ever and a day.<br /><br />Blow....tropic wind,<br />Sing a song through the trees.<br />Trees...sigh to me<br />Soon my love... I will see.<br /><br />Poinciana...Bluedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090209958019905719noreply@blogger.com