Is Christmas-time a sentimental journey for you? What a great definition this word has: of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia. You can ask anyone their memories of Christmas and you will be treated to a sentimental journey.
The phrase "Sentimental Journey" comes from a song written in 1944. Les Brown and Ben Homer wrote the music and Bud Green the lyrics. It was Doris Day's first #1 hit. For me, its lyrics aren't overly poetic. In combination with the melody, the song seems to be remarkable at bringing forth the emotions that make up the sentimental experience:
Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease Gonna make a sentimental journey To renew old memories
A second Jazz standard that seems to fall into the Sentimental Journey category is Canadian Sunset. It was written by Eddie Heywood in 1956, with lyrics by Normal Gimbel. The lyrics that I easily remember are the 3rd verse:
A weekend in Canada, a change of scene Was the most I bargained for And then I discovered you and in your eyes I found the love that I couldn't ignore
Our photo today speaks to the lyrics of Sentimental Journey. The journey in the song is a train trip back home - "Countin' every mile of railroad track". Our railroad is the Silverton and Durango.
