“I
hear the cottonwoods whisperin’ above
Tammy,
Tammy, Tammy’s in love
The
old hootie owl hootie-hoo’s to the dove
Tammy,
Tammy, Tammy’s in love
Does
my lover feel what I feel
When
he comes near?
My
heart beats so joyfully
You’d
think he could hear
Wish
I knew if he knew what I’m dreaming of
Tammy,
Tammy, Tammy’s in love.
Whippoorwill,
whippoorwill, you and I know
Tammy,
Tammy, can’t let him go
The
breeze from the bayou keeps murmuring low
Tammy,
Tammy, you love him so
When
the night is warm, soft and warm
I
long for his charms
I’d
sing like a violin
If
I were in his arms
Wish
I knew if he knew what I’m dreaming of
Tammy,
Tammy, Tammy’s in love."
~
“Tammy”
~ recorded by Debbie Reynolds
for the 1957
film “Tammy and the Bachelor”
~ music by Jay Livingston, lyrics by Ray Evans
I
heard the cottonwoods whisperin’ above as a soft late October breeze and golden
hour sunlight whisper through the balls of cotton-like fluff and seeds of an
Eastern Cottonwood Tree as sunset approaches along the Delaware and Lehigh
National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail) at Lehigh Gap.
And,
of course, it reminded me of the “Tammy” song!
The
Eastern Cottonwood, also called a necklace poplar, is a cottonwood poplar
native to North America.
In the shadow of the Kittatinny Ridge, also called Blue Mountain, the Lehigh
Gap in Slatington, Pennsylvania, is a crossroads where the Lehigh Gap Nature
Center’s trails connect two historic trails – the Appalachian Trail and the
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.
