Many years ago, I was a teen boy with a crush on Mary Hopkin. Of course, Mary was that very pretty girl from Wales who sang so many great songs. She was also one of the first recording stars that scored big hits on the Beatles' Apple label!
I remember "Temma Harbour". It was a song about a summer paradise that sounded awfully good on that Apple Records 45 rpm single that I used to play.
This week, I was driving around Dallas and I heard that song again.
It reminded me of a question that I never got an answer to: Is Temma Harbour a real place in the planet?
Is there such a beautiful spot? What place was Mary Hopkin singing about?
I don't know the answer but spending a weekend in Temma Harbour sounds great when our afternoon temperatures go over 100!
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"In a giant lemon tree Alone my friend and me
We both climb down, and cross the sand
Until we reach the sea
We both climb down, and cross the sand
Until we reach the sea
And the waves come higher, higher
As we sway and dance
And the way I feel, makes me want to take a chance.
Sing a song of Temma Harbour Climb a coconut tree
Catch a fish and light a fire Drink some wine with me
And if you say you like me And I like you
We can live and dream together
As we sway and dance
And the way I feel, makes me want to take a chance.
Sing a song of Temma Harbour Climb a coconut tree
Catch a fish and light a fire Drink some wine with me
And if you say you like me And I like you
We can live and dream together
In a world that's new
Sunshine, sunshine,
Sunshine, sunshine, sun,sun,sun,sunshine
In a tree house here we lay Above the blue sea spray
The tide rolls in and on the wind
The guitars begin to play And the waves come higher, higher
As we sway and dance And the way I feel,
Makes me want to take a chance
Sing a song of Temma Harbour Climb a coconut tree
Catch a fish and light a fire Drink some wine with me
And if you say you like me And I like you
We can live and dream together
In a world that's new
Sunshine, sunshine,
Sunshine, sunshine, sun,sun,sun,sunshine
In a tree house here we lay Above the blue sea spray
The tide rolls in and on the wind
The guitars begin to play And the waves come higher, higher
As we sway and dance And the way I feel,
Makes me want to take a chance
Sing a song of Temma Harbour Climb a coconut tree
Catch a fish and light a fire Drink some wine with me
And if you say you like me And I like you
We can live and dream together
In a world that's new
Sunshine, sunshine,
Sunshine, sunshine, sun,sun,sun,sunshine..."
Sunshine, sunshine, sun,sun,sun,sunshine..."
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