#YAindiecarnival: Barefootin' back in time...

6.7.12


When I read this week's title, I immediately thought of that old 60s song, 'Barefootin' by Robert Parker.  I know it's not exactly a YA topic but it kind of is for me. You see, when I was around 11 / 12 years old, my family and I used to go down to a couple of local bars (called The Bulldog and Natterjacks)  in Armação de Pêra (a seaside town in Algarve, Portugal) every weekend. They used to have music quizzes, pool contests, darts, competitions, sexy legs and knobbly knees contests! Even though there was a lot of drinking by many of the adults (there was also the Yard of Ale contest!), there was a real family atmosphere. But my favourite part of the evening was the music. They played lots of Motown and 60s bubble gum pop and I just loved it! Whenever I hear songs like these, it takes me right back to when I was a Young Adult. Maybe one of these days I will write a fictional book based on my experiences.

Here's the song in Youtube and the lyrics are posted, below:


Everybody get on your feet,
You make me nervous when you in your seat 
Take off your shoes and pat your feet, 
We're doin a dance that can't be beat 
We're barefootin', We're barefootin', 
We're barefootin', We're barefootin', 
Went to a party the other night, 
Long Tall Sally was out of sight 
Threw way her wig, and her high sneakers too, 
She was doin a dance without any shoes 
She was barefootin', She was barefootin', 
She was barefootin', She was barefootin', 
Hey little gal with the red dress on, 
I bet you can barefoot all night long 
Take off your shoes and throw them away, 
Come back and get them another day 
We're barefootin', We're barefootin', 
We're barefootin', We're barefootin', 
Musical interlude 
Lil John Henry he said to Sue, 
If I was barefootin' would you barefoot too 
Sue told John, "I'm thirty two, 
I was barefootin ever since I was two 
They was barefootin', they was barefootin'
They was barefootin'', we barefootin'
We barefootin' we barefootin'
We barefootin' we barefootin'
We barefootin' we barefootin'
We don't have no shoes on

For more barefoot excerpts, shorties or anything else related to being barefoot, check out my awesome fellow carnis...
1. Laura A. H. Elliott author of Winnemucca & 13 on Halloween, Book 1 in the Teen Halloween Series
2. Bryna Butler, author Midnight Guardian series
3. Heather Self
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1 comment :

  1. I'd go for the sexy legs, but end up with the knobbly knees prize LOL!

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