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TOUCHING SHOULDERS
THE TELEPHONE GIRL
There’s a comforting thought at the close of the day When I’m weary and lonely and sad,
That sorta grips hold of my crusty old heart And bids it be merry and glad,
It gets in my soul and it drives out the blues,
And finally thrills through and through
It’s just a sweet memory that chants the refrain,
“I’m glad I touched shoulders with you.”
The telephone girl sits in her chair And listens to voices from everywhere,
She hears all the gossip, she knows all the news, She knows who is happy, and who has the blues; She knows of our troubles, she knows of our strife, She knows every man who talks mean to his wife; In fact, there’s a secret ’neath each saucy curl On that quiet, demure-looking telephone girl.
Did you know you were brave, did you know you were strong,
Did you know there was one leaning hard,
Did you know that I listened, and waited, and prayed,
And was cheered by your simplest word?
Did you know that I longed for that smile on your face,
For the sound of your voice ringing true,
Did you know I grew stronger and better because I had merely touched shoulders with you?
I’m glad that I live, that I battle and strive For the place that I know I must fill,
I’m thankful for sorrows, I’ll meet with a grin What fortune may send, good or ill,
I may not have wealth, I may not be great.
But I know I shall always he true,
For I have in my heart that courage you gave,
When once I touched shoulders with you.
(Author Unknown)
Sam Romeo got a pair of pajamas last Christmas and still doesn’t know whether to wear them inside or outside Ids nightshirt.
If the telephone girl told all that she knows,
It would turn half our friends to bitterest foes;
She could sow a small wind that would be a big gale, Engulf us in trouble and land us in jail;
In fact, she could keep all the town in a stew,
If she'd tell the tenth part of the things that she knew. Oh! Really now, doesn’t it make your head whirl When you think what you owe to the telephone girl?
(Author Unknown)
In Queen Anne’s time, the chief of the Clan McNeill in the Scottish highland would send his trumpeter to the topmost tower of his castle along about nightfall to send forth a bugle note proclaiming to the world that the McNeill had dined and that now the rest of the world might dine also. Don says that in his “castle” Mrs. McNeill sends one of the youngsters to the head of the basement stairs to tell the head of the clan that he leave off shoveling coal in the furnace now because the rest of the family have eaten and there’s finally room for him at the table.
King Solomon with his thousand wives certainly was the original Marry in’ Mann!
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