“As
long as I’m singin’
Then
the world’s all right
And
everything’s swingin’
Long
as I’m singin’ my song
Ummmm…makin’
music
Is
more to me than a pleasure
'cause
me and music
We
go together like notes in a measure
Long
as I’m singin’
Then
the world’s all right
And
everything’s swingin’
Long
as I’m singin’ my…
Long
as I’m singin’ my …
Long
as I’m singin’ my song.”
~ “As Long
As I’m Singing”
~written & recorded by
the wonderful Bobby Darin
~ 1964
A
red-winged black bird sings its song on an early June evening at the Lehigh Gap in
Slatington, Pennsylvania in the shadow of the Kittatinny Ridge, also called Blue
Mountain.
The
Lehigh Gap is a crossroads where the Lehigh Gap Nature Center’s trails connect
two historic trails – the Appalachian Trail and the Delaware and Lehigh
Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail).
The
Appalachian Trail, a foot path, follows the ridge on both sides of the Lehigh
Gap, running 1,245 miles south to Georgia and 930 miles north to Maine. Running
from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and
Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.
