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In reply to the discussion: Wobegone Is Me [View all]ewagner
(18,967 posts)...in the late eighties...it was supposed to be one of his last shows because he was getting married and moving to Sweden (?...if my memory is correct.) It was at a Minnesota League of Municipalities Conference...so naturally it centered on Lake Woebegone as a municipality...his monologue was mixed with comedy and sentimentality and he ended it with a song he composed for the occasion..it was "Another Spring in Minnesota"...
Now I'm not a huge fan of the State of Minnesota but that song has haunted me for over 30 years...because it talks about the life we lead up here in the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes Region..and reflects beautifully on our values. The one verse of the song still plays in my mind and means even more to me now as I grow older..it went:
Come.
Dance with me old friend
This time I'll hear the music.
I've tried to hear the "music" ever since.
Thanks Garrison...