If I ruled the World

With the election looming, I had wondered how to incorporate the topic into group appropriately without stating my political point of view, but allowing the residents at the facility to state theirs if they wanted. I had read some ideas on a list I'm on, but then I had a flash of genius: If I Ruled the World...This is a song that Joe Pinson used to sing to the residents at Denton State School and I loved this song. So, I can sing this song to the residents as it is...and then have them tell me what they would do if they ruled the world which could equal being president...anyway, it sounds like it might be fun. I'll see what happens.

Stump the Therapist

I just bought a book called The Ultimate Fake Book. It has 1200 songs in it. Theoretically it should have every song I want to sing with the residents. I already know that it doesn't because I looked through it when I got it, but I thought it would be fun to play a game of Stump the Therapist. I figured I would get them to give me songs and we'd look it up in the book to see if it's there. IF it's not, I'll make a list of those songs to look for them in other books. If it is there we'll sing it. I'm bringing my keyboard so I can play songs I don't know. I don't know if it's going to work or not, but it seemed like a fun thing to do.

Pictionary with song

Watching the residents play Pictionary today I thought of a great music therapy group for an Intellectual wellness week. I will draw pictures and have residents draw pictures to illustrate a song. I don't know if it's an original idea. but I like it!

New Song Suggestions

So that I will later remember to come back and find these songs:

Georgia on My Mind
Sweet Georgia Brown
Somebody to Love me (not the queen song)

This afternoon we threw the ball around with song suggestions. This was a good activity for physical and intellectual wellness as we had to think of songs and kick and toss the ball. I think it well. Everyone seemed to have fun. Time went quickly.

I just found one of them. It's not Somebody to Love me but I wish I had someone to love me.

I WISH I HAD SOMEONE TO LOVE ME

First verse & Chorus:

I wish I had someone to love me,
Someone to call me his own,Someone to sleep with me nightly,
I weary of sleeping alone.

Meet me tonight in the moonlight,
Meet me tonight all alone,
I have a sad story to tell you
I'm telling it under the moon.

Tonight is our last night together,
Nearest and dearest must part,
The love that has bound us together
Is shredded and torn apart.

I wish I had ships on the ocean
Lined with silver and gold
Follow the ship that he sails in
A lad of 19 years-old.

I wish I had wings of a swallow,
Fly out over the sea
Fly to the arms of my true love
And bring him home safely to me.

Commentary copied from lyricstime.com

Apparently before this song went through the folk process, it was one of Vernon Dahlhart's country hits of the late 30's. It went under the title of "The Prisoner's Song" and a snatch of itis used at the end of the Bogart movie, Deadend. Sally Rogers learned this version from Lisa Null, who heard Irish singer Joe Heaney perform it..

Tomorrow I will be doing a country music day in the morning with old country favorites.