I frequented a coffee shop a few years ago that had live music on Friday and Saturday evenings. One of the groups who came played and sang with great gusto. Their families often came with them . One of the players had a little four year old daughter with long flowing ringlets who would dance in the middle of the floor as they would play. She held her arms straight out and twirled around to the music. It was one of the sweetest sights I have seen. I wrote this originally as a song as a tribute to Little Anna.
Dance Little Anna
Dance little Anna …sweet Cinderella
Spin and twirl and dance the night away
Close your eyes …spin and smile
Feel your spirit swirling across the floor
Dance little Anna … feel the music
Let the rhythm fill your very soul
One day soon you’ll grow up
Then you’ll have to slow up
But, don’t let them steal your spirit away
So Dance little Anna …sweet Cinderella
Spin and twirl and dance the night away
Close your eyes …spin and smile
Feel your spirit swirling across the floor
Dance little Anna …lost in the moment
Let your dreams come floating from your mind
I hope that when you grow up
Your dreams will never slow up
Don’t let them steal your spirit away
So Dance little Anna …sweet Cinderella
Spin and twirl and dance the night away
Close your eyes …spin and smile
Feel your spirit swirling across the floor
Dance little Anna … feel the music
Let the rhythm fill your very soul
One day soon you’ll grow up
Then you’ll have to slow up
But, don’t let them steal your spirit away
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A song written for the sweet little four year old girl who danced and swayed while here daddy played music at the
Via Cappuccino coffee house in Rocky Mount, NC
This is a reblog from earlier last summer.
Photo: Dwight L. Roth
Roth Poetry 