tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post6333828698356608277..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Arlene Corwin writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-61797971247641801922018-08-27T19:35:34.694-07:002018-08-27T19:35:34.694-07:00Cape Cod was a favorite vacation spot for Boston-a...Cape Cod was a favorite vacation spot for Boston-area housewife Claire Rothrock, who was inspired to write a poem about the place. She took it to Ace studios, a Boston recording studio owned by Milton Yakus, who adapted it into song lyrics. Allan Jeffrey set it to music. Rothrock introduced it to Patti Page during a Boston nightclub appearance, and she recorded it in New York (though she had already had a hit with another Yakus composition in 1956). "Wondering" by Jack Schafer was already scheduled to be Page's next release, and "Old Cape Cod" was intended to be its B-side. The record was released on 23 April 1957, but "Old Cape Cod" quickly surpassed "Wondering" as the dominant side and established Cape Cod as a popular tourist spot. <br /><br />If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air<br />Quaint little villages here and there<br />You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod<br /><br />If you like the taste of a lobster stew<br />Served by a window with an ocean view<br />You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod<br /><br />Winding roads that seem to beckon you<br />Miles of green beneath a sky of blue<br />Church bells chimin' on a Sunday morn<br />Remind you of the town where you were born<br /><br />If you spend an evening you'll want to stay<br />Watching the moonlight on Cape Cod Bay<br />You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod<br />DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-88471205501297357492018-08-27T19:21:07.272-07:002018-08-27T19:21:07.272-07:00The Fédération Internationale de Football Associat...The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in 1904 in Zürich to oversee international competition amonf national football (soccer) associations. Today it recognizes 211 national associations and their associated men's national teams as well as 129 women's national teams;it has more member states than the United Nations, since it recognizes 23 non-sovereign nations. These are organized into 6 continental zones, which hold qualifying matches. FIFA held the 1st World Cup in 1930, and it has been held every 4 years (except 1942 and 1946, due to World War II. It is the world's most widely viewed sporting event; its final match is watched by some 10% of the world's population. It has a statistically significant effect on birth rates, the male/female sex ratio of newborns, and heart attacks in countries whose national teams are competing.DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com