Turn around...

(DollinkFriendC's recent comment over at fakeittillyamakeit prompted this blogpost.)

The song 'Turn Around' was written by Malvina Reynolds.
These are the lyrics:

TURN AROUND

Where are you goin' my little one, little one?
Where are you goin' my baby my own?
Turn around and you're two
Turn around and you're four
Turn around and you're a young girl
Going out of the door

CHORUS
Turn around
Turn around
Turn around and you're a young girl
Going out of the door
(Turn around and you're a young wife
With babes of you're own)

Where are you going' my little one, little one?
Little dirndles and petticoats, where have you gone?
Turn around and you're tiny
Turn around and you're grown
Turn around and you're a young wife
With babes of your own

CHORUS

Where are you goin' my little one, little one?
Where are you goin' my baby my own

In the decade the song was written/introduced, 'Turn Around' made the rounds amongst acoustic guitar strumming folkie circles. It was even featured on a TV ad. The tune and lyrics are really quite timeless. The song resurfaces now and again as a poignant reminder of how fleeting childhood is.

Here is a version I like very much - very sweetly done
by a YouTube member.

As mommy to two DollinkDaughters, the simple poetry of the lyrics tug at (the sappiest of) my heartstrings - big time. Hearing this song gets me pretty darn choked up. In a good, life-affirming way.

Ah - of babies and parenting and love and letting go so it can go on.