Texas Day-by-Day reminds me that today, in 1901, the bluebonnet became the official state flower. We love this Laurie Lewis song about them. Sounds like good Texas Swing:
“Those Texas bluebonnets how sweetly they grow, For all the wide prairies they’re scattered like snow,
They make all the meadows as blue as the skies, Reminding me of my little darling’s blue eyes.”
I should note that she mispronounces Burnet, but she has to make it rhyme. We forgive you, Laurie. Like your fiddling. Not many bluebonnets this year, alas, due to the awful drought that continues to parch the prairies, but do go hear the good song about them!
UPDATE: We bought the CD the song is on, Earth & Sky, in which Lewis, who sings and plays fiddle, notes: “Apologies to the residents of Burnet – I really do know how to pronounce it.” Heh.
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