I remember these songs being on the radio a LOT when I was a little kid:

#jessicafleur, enjoy this!

I especially love the outfit and the “moves” with the microphone. Oh, man! LOL

(Alex Harvey and Larry Collins)

Delta Dawn, what’s that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a-meetin’ you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky-eye

She’s forty-one and her daddy still calls ‘er “baby”
All the folks ’round Brownsville say she’s crazy
‘Cause she walks downtown with her suitcase in her hand
Lookin’ for a mysterious dark-haired man

In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn
Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on
Then a man of low degree stood by her side
Promised her he’d take her for his bride

Delta Dawn, what’s that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a-meetin’ you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky-eye

Delta Dawn, what’s that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a-meetin’ you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky-eye

Delta Dawn, what’s that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a-meetin’ you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky-eye

Delta Dawn, what’s that flower you have on
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by
And did I hear you say he was a-meetin’ you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky-eye

Heh, heh!

I’ve seen Stu Hamm play this live a few times. People in the audience dance like the Peanuts gang. It’s fun!

I used to spend my birthday at The Oyster Festival in Norwalk. The first year that I did that (I was turning 19, I think), there was a kick-butt local blues band playing. They played Feelin’ Alright, and they played it really well. I loved it so much that it became “my birthday song”.

I haven’t been to The Oyster Festival in years, but every year around my birthday, I am sure to listen to my birthday song at least once. I turn it up real loud, sing along, and sort of dance (one can’t really call what I do dancing – haha). This year, I’m sharing it with you:

Seems I got to have a change of scene
Cause every night I have the strangest dream
Imprisoned by the way, yeah, it could’ve been
Left here on my own or so it seems
I got to leave before I start to scream
But someone’s locked the door and took the key

Feelin’ alright, (uh oh)
Not feelin’ too good myself, (uh oh)
Feelin’ alright, (uh oh)
Not feelin’ that good myself, (uh oh)

Boy you sure took me for one big ride
Even now I sit and I wonder why
And when I think of you I stop myself from cryin’
I Just can’t waste my time I must get by
Got to stop belivin’ in all your lies
Cause there’s too much to do before I die

Feelin’ alright, (uh oh)
Not feelin’ too good myself, (uh oh)
Oh no, Feelin’ alright, (uh oh)
Not feelin’ that good myself, (uh oh)

(Feelin’ alright) Don’t you get too lost in all I say
Yeah, but at the time you know I really felt that way
But that was then and now you know it’s today
I can’t escape so I guess I’m here to stay
’til someone comes along to take my place
With a different name and a different face