Absolutely love the song John. It is stuck in my head now, but I’m quite happy about that. We’re very partial to 50s Italian crooners in our house (and US/Italian crooners too for that matter)! Happy St. Joseph’s Feast Day.
I Wiki’d St Joseph’s Feast Day because I had no idea what it was about… what a great day to celebrate – thank you for sharing. The music clip was fun, and I love the pic of the daffs 🙂
Thanks, EllaDee. St Joe’s Feast Day, though commemorated, isn’t really celebrated in our part of Italy, at least not like in Sicily. Same at my family home. Still, I’ve never been one to let a good reason to party to go to waste. Glad you enjoyed the post. The daffs are from my front garden last year. They are weeks away from blooming this year.
You do know how many of us are smiling here right now in blogland?! Loved it! Happy St Joseph’s Day and Happy Father’s Day to all the Papa’s out there today 🙂
It’s not a very spring-like day here in London today -it’s cold, grey and wet. However you have made it all seem much brighter with the picture and that cheerful music! Happy St Joseph’s Day to you too.
A terrific way to start the day! Thanks for the music. Are you making special soup today?
The Feast with the Bread Altar I photographed last year is going to be on Sunday the 25th so I’ll miss it. They have a mass right at the restaurant first. Have to run to school.
Thanks, Ruth. I had a special pasta planned but I’ve got a fridge full of leftovers that need to be dealt with. THe pasta can wait another day or two. That bread last year was something else! Even Zia was amazed when I showed her you post. Too bad you’ll miss it. Next year’s will be all the more special.
Hey cumpari! thank you for the upbeat song this St Joseph’s Day…sweet zeppoles might be in order…are your flowers in Bloom? mine are all up but no flowers yet…m
And a happy St Josephs Day to you, too, Maria! Our flowers will be late this year. In fact, tomorrow’s high will be lucky to reach 25˚. Even so, it won’t be that long. It’s not like this is Thanksgiving weekend. 🙂
Right now, if I closed my eyes while I am sitting in my office, sipping on a double espresso (no sugar, no milk) I am instantly transported to a small café in Italy, fronting onto a square with a wonderful fountain, early morning, springtime (just cool enough that you need a light sweater to sit outside).
And then I open my eyes and it’s grey, cold, snowy and the stupid pigeons are cooing on the Juliette balcony.
Thanks for the mini vay-cay, John. Hope you have a wonderful day.
Thank you, Eva, for the well wishes and lovely image. I miss being over there and have to figure out a way to go back. Maybe next year. In the meantime, I’m glad you enjoyee the post and hope you had a great day!
Mute? Really? No one else has the problem. Are your speakers on? Here is the orignal link on YouTube. That should work for you. Of course, if I misunderstood your original comment, never mind. 🙂
Ha! John, in this part of the world Sicilian immigrant communities celebrate St. Joseph’s Day with feasts, serving a homemade fresh pasta dish with fava beans, lentils, cauliflower and fennel. When a new guest arrives someone calls out: “Como siamo tutti mute?!” and everyone else answers, “Viva, Jesus, Maria Giu-seeeeep-PI!” Ken
Thanks for the clarification, Ken. I’d no idea. We’re not Siciliani and, as a transplant to this area, I haven’t the Italian roots I may have had if I were born here. I’m familiar with the feasts, breads, and zeppole but not much else. Then again, Chicago celebrates St. Pat’s, while St Joe is pretty much ignored, except in the area’s Little Italy’s. Although we’ve a sizable Italian community here, we’ve far more Polish and Irish.
Again, thank you. Im going to “spring” this on Zia when I speak with her later today. 🙂
HAPPY ST. JOSEPH’S DAY TO YOU! A happy song. I felt like dancing all over the house. Instead I danced around my table. Glad no one was home to see me. I can’t dance. 🙂
Love the daffodils and the music! I’ll be humming all day and that is a very good thing! Much, much better than mumbling under my breath! And Happy St. Joseph’s Day. This sounds like a good one!
Do you know how happy you made me feel?
Which of course, made my entire day divine!
And then naturally, I tried to share that feeling with everyone around me.
Thank you, thank you.
And thank you, St. Joseph, for guiding my husband and for all the work he has.
Grazie, Grazie!!
Ciao from Oregon——x
The girls listened to this six times this morning! Guess that means they liked it! My husband had 50 questions about St Joseph’s feast day that I couldn’t answer . 🙂 hope you had a good one!!!
Hope you had a good day, too! Here’s a brief St. Joe summary, keeping in mind I’m no cleric…
The Feast commemorates St Joseph, the earthly father of Christ. In the Middle Ages, or so the legend says, Sicily was gripped by a severe drought. The crops and livestock withered and died and the people were starving. They prayed to St Joseph to intercede on their behalf, promising to forever celebrate his feast day in return. Their prayers were answered and to this day, his Feast Day is celebrated throughout Sicily and wherever Sicilians have emigrated. Hope this helps. 🙂
Thanks John. Before going to bed the girls asked for this song again in the morning tomorrow. In fact, my oldest daughter has suggested it as her theme song in the morning. Too funny!
I had hope it would be a hit with the li’l ones and grand li’l ones, but, a morning theme song? Too cute. I hope it’s more a wish than a reality. It could get pretty old every morning. Good luck! 🙂
Probably last to comment, but you have just made my day too: you should see the big smile on my face 🙂 ! Hope you had a happy St Joseph’s Day and tipiti tipiti ta [dancing off my breakfast too!!] to you from the Antipodes 😀 !
Last, yes, but certainly not least, Eha. I’m glad you liked the song. Lou Monte was often played at parties when I was a young boy and seemed like a fitting choice for today. Hope you had a great day and that today is more of the same for you. Tipiti tipiti ta!
Darn it! Have opened my front door not once but three times this morning going on ‘tipiti tipiti ta’!! You try to explain to someone wanting to speak with you seriously that you have not fallen afoul of a ‘crazy bug’! Eyes seem to glaze over when you begin ‘well, it’s all about St Joseph’s day you see’ . . . .;) !
Ah, my work here is done! I’ve people on at 4 continents “tipiti-ta-ing” for seemingly no reason whatsoever. You’re lucky I’m a good person and won’t abuse this power. 🙂
I hope you’re having a great day, Eha!
This is utterly fantastic. I listened to it five times in a row, I kid you not.
You know how, in Star Wars, Darth Vader is always accompanied by the same theme music whenever he appears on screen? I want to claim this as my theme music.
Now that would be something, hearing “Tipiti tipiti ta!” whenever you walked into a room. I can hear the whispers already, “Now she really know how to make an entrance!”
I’m glad you enjoyed the post and thanks for the late night chuckle. 🙂
I hope you had a Happy St. Joseph’s Feast day, John! I was actually singing (badly) out loud with this, so my cats have hidden under the table and are quite annoyed right now. Happy Spring to you!
Thank you, Betsy. I hope you had a good day, too. Catchy tune, isn’t it? With the words right there in front of you, it’s mighty hard not to sing along. Happy Spring to you, too!
Thank you so much, April. Some of these old songs are just fun, whether or not you know the language. When I heard this one, I just had to use it for St. Joe’s and I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Well, tippiti tippiti ta and Happy Feast of St Joseph to you too. And thanks for the lesson in Italian musical instruments .
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My pleasure. 🙂 I hope you had a good day!
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Absolutely love the song John. It is stuck in my head now, but I’m quite happy about that. We’re very partial to 50s Italian crooners in our house (and US/Italian crooners too for that matter)! Happy St. Joseph’s Feast Day.
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I hope yours was a good day, too. Who better to celebrate a holiday than Lou Monte? 🙂
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Happy St. Joseph feast day to you John. I love the upbeat tune of the song. It managed to put a big smile on my face
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Thanks, Sawsan. If the song left you with a smile, it worked! Hope you had a good day!
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Hi John. I am smiling too. Loved it. Happy St Joseph’s Feast Day to you too!!
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Good! Hope you had a good day to go with that smile!
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Tipiti Tipidi ta… I have some spring in my step now…Happy St. Josephs feast to you. Take care, BAM
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Hope you had a good day, BAM!
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I Wiki’d St Joseph’s Feast Day because I had no idea what it was about… what a great day to celebrate – thank you for sharing. The music clip was fun, and I love the pic of the daffs 🙂
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Thanks, EllaDee. St Joe’s Feast Day, though commemorated, isn’t really celebrated in our part of Italy, at least not like in Sicily. Same at my family home. Still, I’ve never been one to let a good reason to party to go to waste. Glad you enjoyed the post. The daffs are from my front garden last year. They are weeks away from blooming this year.
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You do know how many of us are smiling here right now in blogland?! Loved it! Happy St Joseph’s Day and Happy Father’s Day to all the Papa’s out there today 🙂
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I’ve no idea how many were smiling, Tanya, but I knew that you would be. 😉
Hope you and Big Man had a wonderful day.
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It’s not a very spring-like day here in London today -it’s cold, grey and wet. However you have made it all seem much brighter with the picture and that cheerful music! Happy St Joseph’s Day to you too.
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Thank you so much. I hope yours was a good day, too.
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And happy St Joseph’s day to you too! You’ve reminded me that here it’s the traditional day for sowing haricot beans…time to get on with that.
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No planting around here, even indoors, for a couple more weeks. I hope you had a good day and got those beans sowed. 🙂
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Buona Festa di San Giuseppe!
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E anche te. Grazie mille.
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A terrific way to start the day! Thanks for the music. Are you making special soup today?
The Feast with the Bread Altar I photographed last year is going to be on Sunday the 25th so I’ll miss it. They have a mass right at the restaurant first. Have to run to school.
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Thanks, Ruth. I had a special pasta planned but I’ve got a fridge full of leftovers that need to be dealt with. THe pasta can wait another day or two. That bread last year was something else! Even Zia was amazed when I showed her you post. Too bad you’ll miss it. Next year’s will be all the more special.
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Love, love, love this song! Thanks for the cheery start to my day!
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I’m glad you enjoyed it and hope you had a great day!
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Hey cumpari! thank you for the upbeat song this St Joseph’s Day…sweet zeppoles might be in order…are your flowers in Bloom? mine are all up but no flowers yet…m
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And a happy St Josephs Day to you, too, Maria! Our flowers will be late this year. In fact, tomorrow’s high will be lucky to reach 25˚. Even so, it won’t be that long. It’s not like this is Thanksgiving weekend. 🙂
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Happy St. Joseph’s Feast Day – I hope you have a good one too 🙂
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Thanks, MD. Hope yours was a good day, too.
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Happy St. Joseph’s Feast Day, John. Your post – daffodils and cheerful music – brightened this cold, snowy and dreary morning.
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Thanks, Norma. Than my work here is done! 🙂
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Happy St. Joseph’s Feast Day to you John! I love the happy tune, it makes you want to skip! Which we should all do once in a while!
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Thanks, Tanya, I’m glad you enjoyed it. Though my skipping days may be a bit behind me, a dance or two certainly wouldn’t hurt. 🙂
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Happy St. Joseph’s Feast Day to you although when I saw the title of this post I thought…John is one of the lost Supremes?
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You found me out! I didn’t leave Detroit because I wanted to. Diana threw me out of town. That’s all I can say about it. She has spies everywhere.
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AH HAH!!! LOL
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Right now, if I closed my eyes while I am sitting in my office, sipping on a double espresso (no sugar, no milk) I am instantly transported to a small café in Italy, fronting onto a square with a wonderful fountain, early morning, springtime (just cool enough that you need a light sweater to sit outside).
And then I open my eyes and it’s grey, cold, snowy and the stupid pigeons are cooing on the Juliette balcony.
Thanks for the mini vay-cay, John. Hope you have a wonderful day.
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Thank you, Eva, for the well wishes and lovely image. I miss being over there and have to figure out a way to go back. Maybe next year. In the meantime, I’m glad you enjoyee the post and hope you had a great day!
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KE Emozioni!!!
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Grazie mille!
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Como siamo tutti mute? Ken
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Mute? Really? No one else has the problem. Are your speakers on? Here is the orignal link on YouTube. That should work for you. Of course, if I misunderstood your original comment, never mind. 🙂
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Ha! John, in this part of the world Sicilian immigrant communities celebrate St. Joseph’s Day with feasts, serving a homemade fresh pasta dish with fava beans, lentils, cauliflower and fennel. When a new guest arrives someone calls out: “Como siamo tutti mute?!” and everyone else answers, “Viva, Jesus, Maria Giu-seeeeep-PI!” Ken
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Thanks for the clarification, Ken. I’d no idea. We’re not Siciliani and, as a transplant to this area, I haven’t the Italian roots I may have had if I were born here. I’m familiar with the feasts, breads, and zeppole but not much else. Then again, Chicago celebrates St. Pat’s, while St Joe is pretty much ignored, except in the area’s Little Italy’s. Although we’ve a sizable Italian community here, we’ve far more Polish and Irish.
Again, thank you. Im going to “spring” this on Zia when I speak with her later today. 🙂
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HAPPY ST. JOSEPH’S DAY TO YOU! A happy song. I felt like dancing all over the house. Instead I danced around my table. Glad no one was home to see me. I can’t dance. 🙂
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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If I could, I would have joined you, Francine. Since I can’t dance either, we would have made quite the pair! Hope you had a great day!
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I’m going to be singing tipiti tipiti ta all night long 🙂
Happy St. Joseph’s day!
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Thanks, Maureen. Part of the fun in choosing this song was knowing it has the tendency to “stick” with you. 🙂
Hope you enjoyed your day!
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What a fun song 🙂 My kids enjoyed it as well!
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I thought the li’l ones might like the song, be they kids or grandkids. Hope you all had a great day!
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Love the daffodils and the music! I’ll be humming all day and that is a very good thing! Much, much better than mumbling under my breath! And Happy St. Joseph’s Day. This sounds like a good one!
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Glad you enjoyed the post and hope you had a great day!
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Happy St. Joseph’s! Have a great day.
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Thanks, John. Hope yours was, too.
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What fun! Love the bright spirit of that song. Happy St.Joseph’s Feast Day to you!!! And tipiti tipiti ta!!!
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Glad you enjoyed the post, Mar. Ya just can’t go wrong with Lou Monte!
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OH THANK YOU! Adorable! Happy Saint Joseph’s Feast day to you John! Feast it up!
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Yo, Spree, are most welcome! Hope you had a great day!
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Today is father’s day in Italy. I just called my dad. Tantissimi auguri anche a te, John.
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Grazie mille! I hope you and Stefano enjoyed the day and your Father had a wonderful one, as well.
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That’s wonderful! I just danced off 3 profiteroles. The whistling part did have my dog a little confused though 🙂
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LOL!!! 🙂
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Those profiterols have so few calories that must have been some dance, Diane. I hope the curtains were drawn. 🙂
The whistling throws off my bird, too.
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Auguri, John! 🙂
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E anche te, Stefano. 🙂
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That is one happy tune ~ Happy St. Joseph’s Feast Day. 🙂
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I’m glad you enjoyed it, Judy, and hope you enjoyed your day, too.
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Do you know how happy you made me feel?
Which of course, made my entire day divine!
And then naturally, I tried to share that feeling with everyone around me.
Thank you, thank you.
And thank you, St. Joseph, for guiding my husband and for all the work he has.
Grazie, Grazie!!
Ciao from Oregon——x
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Well, you certainly made my evening. I’m so glad you came back here and took the time to write this comment. Thank you very much!
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The girls listened to this six times this morning! Guess that means they liked it! My husband had 50 questions about St Joseph’s feast day that I couldn’t answer . 🙂 hope you had a good one!!!
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Hope you had a good day, too! Here’s a brief St. Joe summary, keeping in mind I’m no cleric…
The Feast commemorates St Joseph, the earthly father of Christ. In the Middle Ages, or so the legend says, Sicily was gripped by a severe drought. The crops and livestock withered and died and the people were starving. They prayed to St Joseph to intercede on their behalf, promising to forever celebrate his feast day in return. Their prayers were answered and to this day, his Feast Day is celebrated throughout Sicily and wherever Sicilians have emigrated. Hope this helps. 🙂
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Thanks John. Before going to bed the girls asked for this song again in the morning tomorrow. In fact, my oldest daughter has suggested it as her theme song in the morning. Too funny!
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I had hope it would be a hit with the li’l ones and grand li’l ones, but, a morning theme song? Too cute. I hope it’s more a wish than a reality. It could get pretty old every morning. Good luck! 🙂
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Probably last to comment, but you have just made my day too: you should see the big smile on my face 🙂 ! Hope you had a happy St Joseph’s Day and tipiti tipiti ta [dancing off my breakfast too!!] to you from the Antipodes 😀 !
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Last, yes, but certainly not least, Eha. I’m glad you liked the song. Lou Monte was often played at parties when I was a young boy and seemed like a fitting choice for today. Hope you had a great day and that today is more of the same for you. Tipiti tipiti ta!
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Darn it! Have opened my front door not once but three times this morning going on ‘tipiti tipiti ta’!! You try to explain to someone wanting to speak with you seriously that you have not fallen afoul of a ‘crazy bug’! Eyes seem to glaze over when you begin ‘well, it’s all about St Joseph’s day you see’ . . . .;) !
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Ah, my work here is done! I’ve people on at 4 continents “tipiti-ta-ing” for seemingly no reason whatsoever. You’re lucky I’m a good person and won’t abuse this power. 🙂
I hope you’re having a great day, Eha!
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Love it!! tippiti tippiti ta to you!! Thank you for the wonderful music 🙂
Happy St. Joseph’s day!
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I’m glad you enjoyed the song, Judy, and hope you had a good St Joe’s Day.
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Beautiful! Now I am going to sing it for a month! 🙂 Happy, Happy St. Joseph’s Feast Day to yu, John!
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Oh yes, forgot to tell you: for this feast I made Coda alla Vaccinara (Roman oxtail stew) with polenta. 🙂
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Yum! That sounds fantastic! I hope you’re planning on sharing the recipe. (Hint, hint.) 🙂
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Thank you, Marina. I’m glad you enjoyed the song and hope you had a great day.
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This is utterly fantastic. I listened to it five times in a row, I kid you not.
You know how, in Star Wars, Darth Vader is always accompanied by the same theme music whenever he appears on screen? I want to claim this as my theme music.
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Now that would be something, hearing “Tipiti tipiti ta!” whenever you walked into a room. I can hear the whispers already, “Now she really know how to make an entrance!”
I’m glad you enjoyed the post and thanks for the late night chuckle. 🙂
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Happy St Joseph’s Feast Day John!! Thanks for the lively song! It’s stuck in my head now.
Nazneen
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I hope you enjoyed the day, too, Nazneen. Trust me, the song will go away — eventually. 🙂
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Fabulous! How can you not smile…and since you gave us words, attempt to sing along! 🙂
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I’m glad you like it. I wonder whether your Granddaughters will? I bet they’ll love it. I hope you had a great day, Debra.
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I hope you had a Happy St. Joseph’s Feast day, John! I was actually singing (badly) out loud with this, so my cats have hidden under the table and are quite annoyed right now. Happy Spring to you!
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Thank you, Betsy. I hope you had a good day, too. Catchy tune, isn’t it? With the words right there in front of you, it’s mighty hard not to sing along. Happy Spring to you, too!
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Happy St. Joseph’s Feast Day! Beautiful post to go with a wonderful music.
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Thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed the song and hope you enjoyed the holiday. Have a great Wednesday!
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I should start my work day with this tomorrow. It just makes me happy. 🙂 I hope you had a great St. Joseph’s Feast Day John!
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It was a wonderful day, Kristy. I hope your tomorrow is too!
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Love it! Oh to be back in a time where music was so much fun!
I’m a little behind so I’ll have to wish you a belated St. Joseph’s feast day! 🙂 ~ April
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Thank you so much, April. Some of these old songs are just fun, whether or not you know the language. When I heard this one, I just had to use it for St. Joe’s and I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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