A Mormon Boy

[Bernard Gui]

Here is a scan of a song from "Deseret Sunday School Songbook" that belonged to my Grandmother,

Mabel Crowther DePriest in Manassa, Colorado, 1907.... ahhhh, for simpler times.

 

Mormon Boy.pdf

[Five Solas]

Someone's gotta say it--so it may as well be me.  LDS shoulda/woulda/coulda been on the forefront of equal rights for same sex attraction...

 

"ver-y queer I feel"

 

See how the passing of time mocks us all...

 

--Erik

 

[Bernard Gui]

Someone's gotta say it--so it may as well be me.  LDS shoulda/woulda/coulda been on the forefront of equal rights for same sex attraction...

 

"ver-y queer I feel"

 

See how the passing of time mocks us all...

 

--Erik

No, they shouldn't have. Like I said, ahhhhhhhh....for simpler times.

Edited February 24, 2014 by Bernard Gui

[Scott Lloyd]

I remember a couple of kids singing that for a special musical performance in Church while I was growing up.

 

It was a throwback even then.

[Bernard Gui]

Yes, but sometimes I yearn for simpler times.

[Storm Rider]

Someone's gotta say it--so it may as well be me.  LDS shoulda/woulda/coulda been on the forefront of equal rights for same sex attraction...

 

"ver-y queer I feel"

 

See how the passing of time mocks us all...

 

--Erik

 

The motivation for this escapes me completely. I suspect that it comes from the use of the word queer as long as you limit the definition to narrowly. What is wonderful about this song is its innocence.  We have long ago departed from simpler times when honesty, neighborliness, admiration of fathers meant something and had value. Now is a time based solely on instant gratification in the pursuit of happiness; all the while ignoring that instant gratification far more often than not leads to unhappiness and pain. Society and community needs and values be damned; it is the demands of the individual that have become all important. We worship at the alter of self; me is all there is. And people wonder why I live overseas.