'62 Blue Duke Blues!

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‘62 BLUE DUKE BLUES

                               by DAVE BEGEL WFB62

THE BLUES TELL A STORY…AND THIS ONE’S ABOUT US

I’VE INCLUDED LOTS OF NAMES BUT DON’T MAKE A FUSS

IF I DON’T MENTION YOU I MAY HAVE FORGOT

AFTER THE LIFE I’VE LIVED MY DAMN MEMORY IS SHOT.

 

IT ALL BEGAN IN 1958

TIME CAME FOR US TO MATRICULATE

TO HIGH SCHOOL... WHITEFISH  BAY HIGH SCHOOL

WIGWAM SOCKS…POLISHED LOAFERS …WE THOUGHT WE WERE PRETTY COOL

 

IT WAS A CLASS OF KIDS… JUST GIRLS AND BOYS

IN SEARCH OF BIG KID FUN AND OTHER JOYS

LIKE…KISSING AND PETTING….AND LIKE DANCING TILL DAWN

WE HAD PARTIES AT HOMES WHEN THE PARENTS WERE GONE.

 

WE GOT LAWYERS AND DOCTORS AND TEACHERS GALORE

LOTS OF VERY PRETTY WOMEN WHO WE ALL ADORE

WE MARCHED INTO THE WORLD… PRETTY BOLD

WHAT GOT IN COMMON NOW IS….WE’RE ALL GETTING OLD.

 

LET’S TALK ABOUT FOLKS WHAT THEY WERE AND BECAME

A MEASURE OF INFAMY…A MEASURE OF FAME…

LIKE MIKE FASSETT….SOMEWHERE OUT THERE

HE WROTE A BEST SELLER ENTITLED…NOT KIDDING….

PNEUMATIC LOCKING SYSTEMS-THE LATEST IN DETENTION HARDWARE.

 

WE HAD LOTS OF JOCKS WHO WOULD ALWAYS DIE TRYIN

SEEFELD, BOB JOHNSON AND A VAULTER NAMED BRIAN

RUNNERS DAKIN AND KATZ AND KEITH AND KENNY THEY’RE  TWINS?

THEIR SPORTS EXPLOITS COVERED UP LOTS OF SINS.

 

LET’S NOT FORGET THE CIGARETTE BOYS WHO GATHERED CROSS THE STREET.

DUCKTAILS…LEATHER JACKETS…JEANS .. HEADS BOBBING TO THE BEAT.

KUEHN, JANKOWSKI, BACH, WALCZAK AND OTHERS

THEY HAD GIRLS, FAST CARS…THE ORIGINAL BAND OF BROTHERS.

 

THE CLEAN CUT GUYS, CREWCUTS .. CREWNECKS, …WHITE SOCKS

KLUGE, JIMMY KUENN, SMART, AND MUNSON… ALL JOCKS

THEY WORE LETTER JACKETS….THEIR FAVORITE GRADE WAS A

THEY WERE ALWAYS SO HAPPY… WE ALL CALLED THEM GAY

 

I THINK I HAD MY FIRST DRINK IN A BAR ON A THANKSGIVING DAY

LEW PERLSON CALLED ME UP AND SAID HEY, WHAT THE HEY.

WE WENT TO A BAR …HE SAID GO ORDER…I’LL JUST WATCH

SO LIKE A BIG DEAL GUY I SAID MIX ME A VODKA AND SCOTCH

 

I’VE GOT TO MENTION A BENDINGER NAMED BRUCE

BECAME A BIG AD MAN TURNED HIS CREATIVE MIND LOOSE

LISTS A MILLION ACTIVITIES ALL GENERATING BUZZ

BUT NOBODY KNOWS WHAT HE ACTUALLY DOES.

 

LET’S TALK ABOUT OUR GIRLS THEY WERE ALL SO HOT

ALL THE BOYS WANTED TO SEE WHAT THEY GOT

BUT THEY WERE RELUCTANT … HOOTCHY-KOOTCHY WAS A PRIZE

SO ALL WE DID WAS TRY TO GUESS THEIR BRA SIZE.

 

LET’S START WITH OUR STAR, BARBARA BONVILLE, MISS WISS

TALENT WAS THE CELLO…HER STALKER LARRY LISS….

HE SENT HER POETRY AND FLOWERS…HE WAS A LUSTFUL FELLOW

ALL HE WANTED IN LIFE WAS TO BE MISS BON BON’S CELLO.

 

THERE’S THE CURIOUS CASE OF A KARR NAMED PATTY

SHE CHANGED HER WHOLE DAMN NAME…THIS ONE DRIVES ME BATTY

SHE WENT TO LAUREN JANE GOLDEN FROM PATRICIA ILENE KARR

HOLY CRAP… GET ME TO THE BAR.

 

FOUR OF THE GIRLS STILL HAVE LUNCH AT HIGH NOON

CLAIRE GOTHER, LYNNIE PRITCHERD, MARYLEE MILLER, JANET KUHN

THEIR FRIENDSHIP IS A ROCK, THEIR MOTIVES ARE PURE

BUT INSTEAD OF SHOTS AND BEERS, THEY ALL DRINK ENSURE.

 

NOW MARILYN DANN…S HE MADE THIS REUNION SUCH A TREAT

A PSYCHOLOGIST FIXING FOLKS HER JOB IS SO NEAT

COUPLES CAME TO HER WITH PROBLEMS THAT VEX

SHE WAS A HOT PSYCHOLOGICAL TERAPIST OF SEX

 

LOVELY PAM TEMPLIN… MY DATE THE NIGHT JFK WAS SHOT

SHE WAS SHOCKED AND SAD… ME?... I THOUGHT SHE WAS HOT…

SECOND BASE I HOPED …ONCE THE HOUR GREW LATE

BUT SHE WAS SO BROKEN UP I DIDN’T GET OFF OF HOME PLATE

 

REMEMBER CAROL CUMMINGS? SOUTH AFRICA ALSO HOT

I TOOK HER TO HOMECOMING TO SEE WHAT SHE GOT

SLOW DANCIN AT THE SCHOOL AND FOUND A NICE QUIET PLACE.

…..THIRD BASE!

 

LET’S JUST DO SOME NAMES CUZ WE REMEMBER THEM WELL.

MARIE GEIRINGER, BONNIE JANIS, RENEE GGORDON LET’S TELL

A FOODIE … AND A NUT SHOP. .AND ONE IS A SHRINK

NO WONDER THEIR HUSBANDS ALL NEED TO DRINK.

 

LET ME TRY A LITTLE MORE TO GET MORE NAMES INTO THIS SONG

ABRAHAM, BATES, AND BERNSTEIN… BUT SOME ARE JUST TOO LONG

LIKE ROSENBERG, THORNBERY, AND SILBERMAN TOO

BUT OH, SALLY TOMPKINS, ALWAYS ROOM FOR YOU.

 

I REMEMBER BOBBI SKLAR, SHE NEVER GAVE ME A SHOT

NEITHER DID CATHY BROOKS, JANE GROSSMAN, CAROLYN BATES… ALL SO HOT

WHAT I DID WRONG I GUESS I’LL NEVER SEE

I SWEET TALKED THEM ALL… AND THEY ALL WALKED RIGHT ON PAST ME.

 

AH…JOHANN TAUSJO… HE MADE THE GIRLS HEARTS FLUTTER

BOYS NOTICED HIS TOUCH AND IT MADE US ALL MUTTER

TALL, BLONDE HANDSOME AND RICH A NORWEGIAN STUD WAS HE

ADD  INSULT TO INJURY… HE SPOKE BETTER ENGLISH THAN ME.

 

RON GOLDSCHMIDT, STEVE HARVEY, TOM JOHN, AND MIKE LEE

A DOCTOR, MONEY MAN. SALES AND MOVIES FOR THEE.

AND DENNIS TEMPLE FROM KEY WEST, PROVING HE CAN

BE A TOUR GUIDE AND STUD WITH A SPECTACULAR TAN.

 

TELL SANDY WILLIAMS CONGRATS ON HIS WEDDING IN JULY

FOLKS HAD HANKIES TO HELP THEM NOT CRY.

THE WEDDING WAS FUN AND REALLY QUITE NICE

BECAUSE SANDY NOW HAS MARRIED THE SAME WOMAN TWICE.

 

DAVID STEARNS DRILLS IN ROCKS, LORNA WAGNER DOES ART

JOHN MENDLER FIXES CARS, ANOTHER LAWYER JENNIFER SMART.

BRUCE WIGGINS DOES THINGS THAT ALL OF US SHOULD

HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO CAUSES THAT ARE GOOD.

 

JANET O’TOOLE… I’VE GOT TO SAY

WE STARRED TOGETHER IN THE SENIOR CLASS PLAY

SHE WAS OH, SO LOVELY, AND IS OH, SO MISSED

SHE THE FIRST GIRL ON STAGE THAT I EVER KISSED.

 

THINKING BACK ON IT NOW, WE ALL LOVED WHITEFISH BAY

LESSONS WE LEARNED ARE STILL WITH US TODAY.

BUT TIME PLAYS TRICKS… MY MIND’S JUST NOT THE SAME

I CAN’T EVEN REMEMBER THE PRINCIPAL’S NAME.

 

THAT TIME WAS SPECIAL IN THE LIVES OF US ALL

HOPES AND DREAMS... WE SAID “GIVE US THE BALL.”

WE CHANGED THE WORLD MADE IT A BETTER PLACE

AND I CAN SEE THE PRIDE…OUT THERE ON EACH FACE

 

WELL HERE WE ARE….THIS SONG IS DONE.

GOING BACK TO 62’S BEEN SO MUCH FUN.

THE ROAD’S BEEN LONG, BUT WE’VE LOVED THE DRIVE

AND TO ALL OF US… A TOAST… THANK GOD WE’RE ALIVE.

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Dave Begel

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