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The phrase "a huckleberry over my persimmon" was used to mean "a bit beyond my abilities". On the other hand, "I'm your huckleberry" is a way of expressing affection or that one is just the right person for a given role. [9] The range of slang meanings of huckleberry in the 19th century was broad, also referring to significant or nice persons.
Misreading the name as "Huckleberry" made Akins think of a line from the film Tombstone. He then changed the word to "honeysuckle", and came up with the line "You be my honeysuckle, and I'll be your honey bee." Akins said that he thought that "it was a different way for the guy to say, 'we should date, I love you.'" [2] [3]
You can find another malapropism in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. And, perhaps surprisingly, it’s not Huck who makes the mistake—it’s Aunt Sally, who says, “I was most ...
You may/might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as (for) a lamb; You must have rocks in your head; You scratch my back and I will scratch yours; You only live once. You'll never get if you never go; You're never fully dressed without a smile; You've got to separate the wheat from the chaff; You've made your bed and you must lie in/on it
The upbeat instrumentals and the chorus with lyrics like “I’m walking on sunshine and don’t it feel good” makes this ‘80s song worth playing over and over again. Listen Here 21.
Wilson thought that "Don't Talk" had an overall mood similar to his 1963 song "Lonely Sea", explaining, "It's a different setting, but the emotion is the same."[6] His then-wife Marilyn opined that the lyrics demonstrated Wilson at his most "romantic", and that "[o]ther people would have thought [the message] was sissyish, but he was very romantic, and that was just coming from two people just ...
"Days of Wine and Roses" is a popular song, from the 1962 film of the same name. [1]The music was written by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. [1] They received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for their work, [1] as well as the 1964 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. [2]
"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" is a song written and performed by Van Morrison and featured as the opening track on his sixth studio album, Saint Dominic's Preview. It was released by Warner Bros. in July 1972 as the first of three singles from the album and charted at number sixty-one on the US Billboard Hot 100 .