Sunday Drive: Jesus Loves Me

The beloved hymn that I learned in kindergarten has been a comfort to me throughout my life, and an anchor of my faith.  Here it is performed by Miss Brenda Lee, accompanied by Emmylou Harris.

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Sunday Drive: O Little Town of Bethlehem

The Lessons Appointed for Use on the 

Fourth Sunday of Advent

 

The Magnificat 

My soul doth magnify the Lord,

and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden.

For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations.

He hath shewed strength with his arm.

He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

He hath put down the mighty from their seat

and hath exalted the humble and meek.

He hath filled the hungry with good things.

And the rich he hath sent empty away.

He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel

as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed, forever.

Amen.

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Sunday Drive: Blue Bayou

Three versions of one of your Head Trucker's favorite songs.  Take your pick.

Roy Orbison and friends:

 

Linda Rondstadt: 

 

Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Rait, and Carrie Underwood:

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Merry Christmas 2021

M.P. outdid himself this year with the Christmas lights, which took a week to string up.  Some stranger even left an anonymous note of appreciation on our doorstep.

Here's wishing a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my truckbuddies.  Thanks for riding along with me in the Blue Truck. 

A few of my favorite Christmas tunes sung by some of my favorite artists:

 

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Sunday Drive: One of These Days

The great Emmylou Harris sings one of her mother's favorites:

I won't have to chop no wood
I can be bad or I can be good
I can be any way that I feel
One of these days

Might be a woman that's dressed in black
Be a hobo by the railroad track
I'll be gone like the wayward wind
One of these days

One of these days it will soon be all over cut and dry
And I won't have this urge to go all bottled up inside
One of these days I'll look back and I'll say I left in time
Cause somewhere for me I know there's peace of mind

I might someday walk across this land
Carrying the Lord's book in my hand
Goin' cross the country singin' loud as I can
One of these days

But I won't have trouble on my back
Cuttin' like the devil with a choppin' axe,
Got to shake it off my back,
One of these days

One of these days it will soon be all over cut and dry
And I won't have this urge to go all bottled up inside
One of these days I'll look back and I'll say I left in time
Cause somewhere for me I know there's peace of mind
There's gonna be peace of mind for me, one of these days