Weekly Scribblings #79. Since I first saw the musical in the 1970s, I've been fascinated with the idea of Brigadoon...a magical place. Submitted to Poets and Storytellers United, July 22, 2021
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BRIGADOON
I long to have a Brigadoon
That magic village
Where there are no cares
And all is joy and laughter
Wouldn’t that be great
Isn’t that what we’re all after?
Alas there may be no
Magic village for me
No escape from cares
No surcease from my tears
For Brigadoon only appears
Every one hundred years.
Every one hundred years.
It's almost like being in love ~~~~~~~~~~~ I think this is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWe get locked in the "California Hotel"(song) situation quite frequently. In 2004 the cast, part of it, part local, one of our Houston theatres put it on. I remember the crossing into Brigadoon but that's about all. One of the times we were in Scotland we stopped in Ayrshire and walked the bridge, "Brig o' Doon", which is now pedestrian and in a park-like setting. While in town we bought a book, "The Complete works of Robert Frost," from the museum and bookstore next to his birthplace home.
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The Ayrshire town was Alloway, I can never remember that.
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You startled me, Jim! But I looked up Robert Frost the American poet and found he was born in San Francisco. So I thought you must mean some Scottish writer of the same name. But then I had a sudden brainwave and looked up Robert Burns – sure enough, he hailed from Ayrshire.
DeleteYes, guys, I am so sorry, I got off track. I knew, but goofy mind of mine.
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Dear Bev, I loved Brigadoon; have seen it a few times, actually. Something to dream of, even if we can't really find it.
ReplyDeleteBtw I had trouble posting a comment here just now, until I switched browsers. (See also my comment to you at the P&SU post.)
Ahhh, such hopelessness. Your point was clear. I’m still cheering for a resting place.
ReplyDeleteI didn't mean to sound hopeless!! I've a good life for which I'm grateful. It's just nice to think of a Brigadoon day, however!
DeleteI think I saw Brigadoon with Gene Kelly and then later with Robert Goulet. One I liked better than the other but I can't remember for sure which one... Robert Goulet I think.
ReplyDeleteI saw the movie Brigadoon when I was a small child. All I can remember is heather and tartan skirts
ReplyDeleteYou never know: Brigadoon just might appear when you least expect it. It could happen.
ReplyDeleteI'd sure love a ticket to Brigadoon!
ReplyDeletelove for the historical remains forever
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