What prompts you to remember a forgotten song? It might be a word. It might be just the rhythm of a word.
Connie brought home an easy-to-make dinner called "Steak Gorgonzola." I said it aloud with the 4-syllable rhythm (GOR-guhn-ZO-luh) and immediately began humming a tune from somewhere. As I went on wordlessly, recalling the whole melody as I went, Connie asked, "What is it?" "I don't know," I said.
But I thought about it, and another word came to me, "Caledonia." It would fit the rhythm...but wasn't that another song?
Finally it hit--"Amapola." Wikipedia brought rest of the words, etc.; reached top of the charts in 1941; song began with the title name. Many, many years since it had passed my ears, lips, or thoughts.
Oh heck, why don't I just sing it for you?
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