Sound of Old Age (to the tune of My Favorite Things)
It wouldn't be funny if it wasn't so true... Julie Andrews turned 69 - To commemorate her 69th birthday on October 1, actress/vocalist, Julie Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP. One of the musical numbers she performed was "My Favorite Things" from the legendary movie "Sound Of Music." Here are the actual lyrics she used: Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting. Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings. Bundles of magazines tied up in string. These are a few of my favorite things. Cadillacs and cataracts, and hearing aids and glasses. Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses. Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings. These are a few of my favorite things. When the pipes leak, When the bones creak, When the knees go bad, I simply remember my favorite things, And then I don't feel so bad. Hot tea and crumpets and corn pads for bunions. No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions. Bathrobes and heating pads and hot meals they bring. These are a few of my favorite things. Back pains, confused brains, and no need for sinnin'. Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinnin'. And we won't mention our short, shrunken frames. When we remember our favorite things. When the joints ache, When the hips break, When the eyes grow dim, Then I remember the great life I've had, And then I don't feel so bad. (Ms. Andrews received a standing ovation from the crowd that lasted over four minutes and repeated encores.) Please share Ms. Andrews' clever wit and humor with others who would appreciate it. Thought for the day: Don't let your worries get the best of you; remember, Moses started out as a basket case. |
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| How true. |
 It is true  |
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and refusing to acknowledge them is one of my favorite things  |
| Thanks...that was great. |
Haaaaaaaa that was wonderful! I think I'm going to learn the words to it and sing it on the way to work in the mornings. 
Thanks for posting! Marianne |
| Great! Can't wait to share this. |
I can think of several friends to share this with! My bones are creaking from having to shovel snow! We're being buried as I write.  |
| Send them this link:
http://www.oes.org/page2/17143~Sound_of ... hings.html Text version for copying... http://www.oes.org/page2/17143~Sound_of ... hings.html |
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| Thanks, Ron! |
| Sadly (and I hesitate to publish this) these lyrics aren't from something that Julie Andrews sang.
I read the opening to Joan and she said: "She sang? That's wonderful, I had heard that Julie Andrews was unable to sing." So I looked it up on Snopes. This story is not true. Part of the reason why it's not true: Quote: Julie Andrews lost the ability to sing in 1997. That year she was admitted to Mount Sinai Hospital for the removal of a non-cancerous polyp on her vocal cords, and what should have been a simple surgical procedure went dreadfully wrong. Her multi-octave singing voice was virtually destroyed. http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/andrews.asp
Andrews sued the two doctors and the hospital for what had been done to her. In 2000, she settled her malpractice suit out of court, and though the terms of that settlement were not publicly disclosed, the amount she recouped is believed to be in the neighborhood of 20 million Pounds Sterling (about $30 million US). I guess we're vulnerable to believe that which is nice. |
| Actually she can sing Ron. She was not able to sing for a long time, and she doesn't not have the same lovely voice, but she can sing. She has also sung in public with her new, not so special voice before this, so it could be true. |
| It's still a cute song, but as Ron pointed out - according to Snopes, Julie Andrews wasn't involved and didn't perform it: http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/andrews.asp This one has been around since 2005. |
| Phooey! It sounded cuter when I thought about Julie Andrews the nanny getting older! |
Mophead wrote: Phooey! It sounded cuter when I thought about Julie Andrews the nanny getting older! I know, it kinda ruined it for me, too. |
Ummm, she forgot the part about "bladder collapsing and cervix prolapsing"... 
And yes, I SHOULD be way to young to know anything about that, but my last pregnancy destroyed my body. I had to have 5 surgeries afterwards to fix it. Why don't older women make it a point to WARN younger women about these things??? No one wants to talk about them, I guess... or they are just too cynical by then and decide to keep it a secret so that others may share in their "I pee when I sneeze" misery.  |
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