Yet another Charleston WV artist blog. (But this one's SHINY!)I saw that somebody -- maybe you -- tried Googling the title of my first day of school essay to see what it came from. I often use song lyrics as titles, but really ought to share my sources.
The song is "Haircut and New Shoes" by the New Duncan Imperials, a band I remember fondly from my college weekend nights hanging out at Gumby's in Huntington. Good times.
You can hear a clip of the song at Amazon. The song is my yearly "back to school" anthem. Jokingly, of course. I really do love going back to school.
"Haircut and new shoes; first day of school blues. Mama, don't feed me to the lions! Haircut and new shoes, first day of school blues... okay, I'm goin'... dang it, I'm cryin'!"
You gotta love NDI.
