these silhouettes

—Walt Kelly, Potluck Pogo, 1955.

velvet lullaby

“There’s a silver trail of moonlight leading upward to the sky
And the night is like a velvet lullaby.”

—Mitchell Parish, Matty Malneck & Frank Signorelli, Stairway To The Stars, 1939.

the purple dusk

“And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we’re apart.”

—Mitchell Parish and Hoagy Carmichael, Stardust, 1929.

Blue prairie

“Blue prairie, blue are the skies
Blue are the sighs of a night wind fallin’
Blue prairie, blue are the hills
Blue are the trills of a nightbird callin’.”

—Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer, Blue Prairie, 1934.

Blue Shadows On The Trail

“Blue shadows on the trail
Blue moon shinin’ through the trees.”

—Eliot Daniel and Johnny Lange, Blue Shadows on the Trail, 1948.

a lavender coffin

“All I want is a lavender coffin
White gardenias all around
Swing band playing the funeral march
As they roll me into the holy ground.”

—Shirley Albert, Lavender Coffin, 1949.

blue turning grey over you

“I run my hands through silv’ry strands
’Cause I’m blue turning grey over you.”

—Andy Razaf & Fats Waller, Blue Turning Grey Over You, 1929.

Blue Suede Shoes

“You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.”

—Carl Perkins, Blue Suede Shoes, 1955.

Solid blue

“CHURCHY: A blue note gotta be blew but solid!

BEETLE: Oh sure! Solid blue is my own favorite shade.”

—Walt Kelly, from The Incompleat Pogo, 1954.

red, white an’ blue blooded

“OWL: Is you singin’ in Patagonian or Monogohelian’

CHURCHY: In English! In one hunnerd percent American red, white an’ blue blooded English!”

—Walt Kelly, from I Go Pogo, 1952.