Wedding Day Blues

It seems that CD favors are still a popular and cheap method of sendng your guest off with a little memento that cleverly distills your and your beloved's personality into a few carefully chosen ditties. And forgetting song selection, the packaging alone can be so cute, as evidenced above from myownlabels.com and weddingfavorites.com

But I'll confess the whole reason for this post was a song I stumbled onto the other day. Currently esconsed in Memphis, I'm exposed to a little more blues than the average radio listener, and the other day I heard a beaut. It's called Wedding Day Blues by Cousin Joe. Recorded in the 1940s, it tells the story of a groom and his new bride who hurry home for their honeymoon, where they proceed to try "it" on the front porch, the window sill, the dining room table. My jaw slightly dropped, I listened in disbelief as the narrator catalogued an extensive list of all the places inside and out of the house they attempted to do it, and then of course, laughed when the twist - as in any good blues song - reveals what exactly "it" is. It's a naughty and hilarious song, perfect for the bride and groom who don't mind giving their guests a little wink wink nudge nudge as they head home with thoughts of how they might redo their own honeymoon dancing through their heads.