Music Playlist
Here are links to songs I listened to while writing this novel. They made the story come alive!
Book Clubs will love this!
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I Don't Know Enough About You" (Official Video) - Peggy Lee - YouTube
“What’s your name?” he blurted out, as she turned to walk away.
She hesitated a bit, he was a stranger after all, but he had such an innocent face.
“Dancy,” she replied. “What’s yours?”
“William.” (p. 10)
Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans
Pete Fountain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIWT_RcncE4
William took Dancy for brunch at Antoine’s, and then they strolled the Vieux Carré, ducking into shops, trying on hats, and sizing up antiques for imaginary purchase, though the only thing they really bought was a box of pralines. They listened to a street band play some good jazz. They went for a ride in a surrey. (p. 14)
Just the Way You Look Tonight –Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight - YouTube
“Have you bags, sir?”
“My wife has one,” William replied, and turned to wink at Dancy. (p. 20)
Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy – June Christy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVEvti2t0Jg
…they sang a pretty good rendition of “She Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy”…
Unborn Bonaventure listened to the song and the laughter. It thrilled him so much he did a little dance…” (p. 24)
China Roses - Enya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u6dX-nGqQU
The baptismal water trickled into Bonaventure’s ears and music flooded his sleep, flowing around and through him with a soothing, fluid grace. It was a melody made in heaven and meant for the ears of God’s smallest darlings. (p. 87)
The Last Words You Said to Me – Sarah Brightman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwGEsu9SteU
She could hear him call to her, could smell his skin; every part of her yearned for his body, his smile, his masculine voice. (p. 92)
I Love You for Sentimental Reasons – Nat King Cole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozggvg_Celc
Dancy did not know of Gabe’s feelings, but Bonaventure could hear them and he thought they sounded like a pearl that forms in concentric layers of kindness to protect a helpless oyster from a hurtful grain of sand.” (p. 148)
You’ve Got a Friend in Me – Randy Newman
toy story - you've got a friend in me music - YouTube
Then they knocked around the backyards some more before going to count dragonflies
over at the park. (p. 174)
Pie Jesu – Charlotte Church
Charlotte Church - Pie Jesu from Requiem [HD] - YouTube
She was thinking about the sparrow, and about Remington and William, and about her long-ago secret loss. (p. 256)
St. Judy’s Comet – Paul Simon
Paul Simon - St. Judy's Comet + Lyrics - YouTube
…then he did something he hadn’t done since Bonaventure was in the newborn nursery: he sang a song to him… (p. 272)
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me – Karen Chandler
Karen Chandler - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (1952) - YouTube
He concentrated and put a thought inside her head. She walked over to the radio as if responding to an invitation to pick the song for the ladies’ choice dance. (p. 355)
I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQtAOuBjysc
The song faded away, and William went with it, never to return. (p. 356)
In Paradisum – Sarah Brightman
He met up with the tide some twenty yards out, its waves so sublime he could only surrender…William Arrow crossed over to the opposite shore, while his saltwater tears fell home to the sea in a weeping Alleluia. (p. 372)