A Blossom Fell

Since we have decided not to provide Alman with a ‘buai’ of any kind, we have to cradle him to sleep ourselves. This ritual has unwittingly helped me to slow down and unwind as Alman loves to be rocked and swayed to sleep with the music on. Our favourite is the golden hits on Astro 861. As I “ relive the yesteryears on Gold”, I’ve come to enjoy the songs even more now and become more appreciative of the poetry and wisdom in the lyrics which I used to sing out quite blindly during those young frolicking years. There can never be another Connie Francis (Everybody’s somebody’s fool) or Andy Williams (The love story). Going back even further, I had forgotten how soulful Nat King Cole is until I heard his “A blossom fell”.

Trotting up and down the living room with Alman’s head lying on my left shoulder, I can see the pink frangipani blossoms high on the tree just outside the house across on the right. The house has not been occupied for some time, so the neighbours including us, take the liberty to park our cars there. The tree makes the place look less desolate and sometimes its pretty blossoms fall to the ground and on the parked cars.

A Blossom Fell by Nat King Cole

A blossom fell from off a tree
It settled softly on the lips you turned to me
The gypsies say and I know why
"a falling blossom only touches lips that lie"

A blossom fell and very soon
I saw you kissing someone new beneath the moon
I thought you loved me, you said you loved me
We planned together to dream forever
The dream has ended, for true love died
The night a blossom fell and touched two lips that lied

A blossom fell and very soon
I saw you kissing someone new beneath the moon
I thought you loved me, you said you loved me
We planned together to dream forever
The dream has ended, for true love died
The night a blossom fell and touched two lips that lied

The song hit the charts in 1955.