Songs from the Heart

Doesn't my momma look so cute? This is when she had to speak at Stake Conference! Yes, you read right? As if giving a talk isn't tough enough, try doing it when your white blood cell count is down, you feel weak and nauseous, and did I mention she had to give a talk in front of the stake? GULP! I love that Heavenly Father has allowed my mom to keep her LOOOOOOONG eye lashes! And mom--where did you buy that cute suit?

So my mom loves music. She is also an appreciator of music (if you look downstairs in our basement you'll see what I mean. Or just come over to my house and you're bound to hear drums, electric guitars, violins, pianos, etc).

Well--she wrote some lyrics to popular tunes to help her and the other cancer patients smile through the chemo process. ENJOY:

Itsy Bitsy Needle (Sung to the Itsy bitsy spider)

The itsy bitsy needle won’t poke my arm today!
Down came my sleeve and I said “Good-bye—Hooray!”

Up came the sun and they gave my arm a rest,
But, hey that itsy bitsy needle now pokes me in the chest!
(I have a port that is surgically placed in my chest for infusions)


Oh where oh where has my little dog gone

Oh where oh where has my lovely hair gone?
Oh Where oh where could it be?
With my head gone bald ,
And my nose grown long
Oh where oh where could it be?


The Adams family song:

Its creepy and its kooky,
mysterious and spooky.
Its all together ooky .
My new Cancer Family

The place is a museum
When we go in to see ‘em
They help us not to scre-um
My new cancer family.

So now when I feel freaky
I don’t need to get weepy.
They help me all so sweetly.
My new Cancer family

Oh what a beautiful Morning

There’s a bright golden shine on my bald head
There’s a bright golden shine on my bald head
The white of my complexion is as white as a ghost
And it looks like I’m gagging and need a piece of toast---

Chorus:
Oh what a beautiful mirror
Oh what a beautiful girl
I have that yucky yuck feeling
I think I’m going to hurl!

2nd: All the nurses and doctors take care of me
All the nurses and doctors take care of me
They poke, prick and pick me so I can be healed,
Then they smile, wave good bye, with me leaving chemo-filled

[chorus]

They say one day I will feel healthy,
They say one day I will feel strong.
But now when I go home I lay on the couch,
And when people come over I feel like a grouch.

[chorus]

Jingle bells

Jingle bells, my nose smells, my nose hairs have gone away.
Oh how nasty it is to pick, my boogers every day.

Jingle beads, my nose bleeds, my tissues are my friend.
Oh what fun it is to ride on the chemo coaster again.

The grand old duke of york (my favorite)

Old captain Nupagen,
He had ten thousand men,
He marched them down my bones and cells,
Then marched them up again.

And when your white count is up,
And when it’s down its down.
And when it’s only half way up
Your smile turns to a frown.

Popcorn popping on the apricot tree

I looked in the mirror and what did I see?
A scary old lady impersonating me.

Cancer has brought me such a weird surprise.
A bald headed person right before my eyes.

I can take an armful of chemo to heal.
Cancer is a tough bug and needs to be healed.
I wish it wasn’t so,
But it was you see,
A bald headed girl that’s reallyimpersonating me.