When life was slow and oh, so mellow

Many happy returns today to the lovely Nana Mouskouri - globally speaking, the biggest-selling female artist of all time. She may be the butt of many a joke, but when you are that rich I think you have the last laugh...

Here is a sample of the divine Miss M at her very best, duetting with another of the great voices of the 20th century, Mr Harry Belafonte:

Nana Mouskouri & Harry Belafonte - Try To Remember

If that doesn't make you feel all warm and tingly I don't know what will.

Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh, so mellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow.
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and callow fellow.
Try to remember, and if you remember,
Then follow.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one wept except the willow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
That dreams were kept beside your pillow.
Try to remember when life was so tender
That love was an ember about to billow.
Try to remember, and if you remember,
Then follow.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

Deep in December, it's nice to remember,
Although you know the snow will follow.
Deep in December, it's nice to remember,
Without a hurt the heart is hollow.
Deep in December, it's nice to remember,
The fire of September that made us mellow.
Deep in December, our hearts should remember
And follow.

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