Haunted by a song

Greece
January 4, 2022 12:58pm CST
Have you ever been haunted by a song, one that you find yourself singing on and off all day long? It is pleasant at first but eventually all the pleasure is lost because it is impossible to stop singing it. The song which has haunted me all day is 'Greensleeves'. The weird thing is that it is a16th century song which I probably learned at school, but not one I have given much thought to ever since. so why has it popped up now? It is not the kind of song I like to sing, I like a bit of rock and roll. I have not got rid of it even now, late evening. Perhaps sharing it with you will exorcise the ghost. Have you ever been haunted by a song that you really do not wish to sing?
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
5 Jan 22
I think I must be misunderstanding something... Are you trying to convince us you learned the song "Greensleeves" in the 16th century? My daughter, Pretty, keeps telling me to stop singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" but insists it's the song she's objecting to, not my voice.
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41Combedale
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
5 Jan 22
You should be an editor in your spare time DE! I can understand Pretty's objections, that song has passed its sell by date and so might you if you don't man up to the latest rap or RNR trending in the States for the New Year...
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
5 Jan 22
@41CombedaleRoad I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to make fun of your English! Uhm... some people on myLot know I edit manuscripts before they're sent in to be published...
DE
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
5 Jan 22
@41CombedaleRoad I can't stand rap because it isn't "music". Pretty listens to rock, but I don't normally listen to any music. The songs I sing were learned when I was a child. (Somewhere close to the 16th century. )
Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12595)
• Ireland
4 Jan 22
@41comberdaleroad Oh yes. Mostly kids songs from when mine were young and it’s so irritating. I remember having a “little fishy in a little fishy till the boat comes in” for days on end.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
5 Jan 22
My daughter kept singing "Monkeys Jumping on a Bed" for days on end. She even had my friends singing it when she wasn't around. It was hilarious!
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41Combedale
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
5 Jan 22
'Dance to your daddy my little laddie' oh yes I remember it well. I hope I don't swap it for Greensleeves although it is a lot more cheerful!
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (12595)
• Ireland
5 Jan 22
@41CombedaleRoad My wife plays piano and some of her playing lingers with me, though in a pleasing way. If she ever plays Greensleeves I’ll remember your post!
Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (40515)
• United States
4 Jan 22
Absolutely. I won't even mention the title because it will get it going in my head. There's always music playing in my head, but most of the time it's songs I like or at least can tolerate.
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41Combedale
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
5 Jan 22
I think music must be going around in my head too because I often wake up with a song waiting for me to wake up and sing it.
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DianneN
@DianneN (246720)
• United States
4 Jan 22
Oh, yes! It does get annoying after a while.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325720)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Jan 22
They often call them 'ear-worms'. I get them too from time to time. I heard Greensleeves just the other day on an ice-cream van.
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41Combedale
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
5 Jan 22
Yes I read that the icecream vans play it. The tradition is that Henry VIII wrote it to Anne Boleyn when she spurned him but the story did not have a happy ending when she spurned him no longer.
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Adalia Rosa
@Adaliaro (45)
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4 Jan 22
I even repeated the same song almost every day for 8 months, is that too?
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41Combedale
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
5 Jan 22
That must be a record unless it was a love song and you had just fallen in love?
Adalia Rosa
@Adaliaro (45)
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6 Jan 22
@41CombedaleRoad It's a song about letting go of love, it doesn't suit my feelings, but I like it because there's a spanish part..
Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (57636)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Jan 22
No. I've had a few ear worms, but nothing that's quite like that.
Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (36438)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Jan 22
Sometimes I get a song in my head and it is mostly songs I like.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
5 Jan 22
I know what you mean, I am hunted by a song from two days. It was pleasant at first, but it is becoming annoying.
PinkPineapple
@Bernadeta27 (23)
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10 Jan 22
yes i've felt it too haha. usually long enough until I finally bored myself with the song. but if you find a new song then the habit will continue haha:))