the google sleuths and the rally

the political rally

well i tend to stay out of politics.  it all seems to roll around in an ever changing but discreet social pattern that the Australian population moves through without too much bother.  o.k. i can hear some of you moaning and groaning and disagreeing. so be it. amen.

the first time i went to a political foray was one that was related to saving lake pedder in the late 1960s.  well not that that did much good. the next effort was to save Ralphs Bay from canal development. well we won that one.

however i was moved on this occasion to rally forth on behalf of the people who are currently refugees in on shore and off shore detention centres. local, national and international efforts have not even dented the thinkling of our pollies so far. so after Australia's tony abbott had announced that we, the anonymous we, would accept 12,000 people from the tides of refugees in Europe, i thought well maybe, just maybe, we might finally also do something about the thousands of children, women and men still being held in detention.

 so off i went to the rally.

we were a mixed bunch.  the lady who had organised the rally claimed no affiliation with anyone or anything. that's o.k. then we had a refugee lad who had not only found a home in Tasmania but had found jesus as well. no problem. then we had a fervent young woman who had started up family based refugee rescue groups in her regional city which were and i have to be fair, continue to be successful.

then she urged us to get ready for the 12,000 souls coming.  yes yes she cried. open up your hearts. and beat her chest. then she got up a sort of rhythm. 

open up...... your heart...and let them in. open up... your heart.....and let them in. pounding her chest with her right fist in time. then i realised she was imploring us to open up our hearts and let jesus in.  again and again. only then would we be able to be kind to each other and kind to refugees. the woman behind me groaned and started to leave.

i wanted to get up with a tambourine and burst forth with the old song open up your heart and let the love shine in.  it sort of had the same rhythm. i didn't. the governor was standing next to me.











so on the way home i burst forth into song driving my friend mad. and got told they weren't the right words anyway. so enter the  Google  sleuths. all i could find was the sunday school song by the Cowboys. with the following lines

My mother told me something that everyone should know
It's all about the devil and I learned to hate him so

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So let the sunshine in face it with a grin smilers never lose and frowners never win
So let the sunshine in face it with a grin open up your heart and let the sunshine in

Read more: Kitty Wells - Open Up Your Heart (and Let The Sunshine In) Lyrics | MetroLyrics 

NOT the one i wanted tho its got the right rhythm.

o.k. time to invite my super sleuth brother who can usually find anything and everything.  he is very handy and usually a very willing helper.





believing that all and everything should be on Google we persevered.  well it took us a couple of days to turn up some sheet music, no lyrics but our final triumph, Bing Crosby actually singing the song on youtube.

this has absolutely nothing to do with anything except all this can happen in the diary of an old artist.


Take a look and listen, well there is nothing to look at really, at this video on YouTube.

http://youtu.be/1k7ATRYIRfs