On this past Saturday's A Prairie Home Companion radio broadcast, the last of the year recorded at The Town Hall in Manhattan, Garrison Keillor and Heather Masse sang a New York landmarks version of “Hush Little Baby, Don’t You Cry” which included references to the Y along with the Algonquin, Circle Line, Cartier’s and many others. Here's an excerpt of the lyrics but you should really listen to the whole song here in segment 1....Papa’s gonna take you to Russian-Tea-Room,
And if the blinis seem just too small,
We’ll go next door to Carnegie Hall.
And if some choir’s singin Messiah,
Papa’s gonna take you to Gray’s Papaya.
And if the papaya leaves you feeling dry,
We’ll go to the 92nd Street Y.
And if the poetry reading’s a bore,
And if the metaphors you’ve heard before,
And if the poet’s muse is a much-too-solemn-muse,
Papa’s gonna take you to St. Bartholomew’s… Keillor, a frequent Y guest, is never a bore in his appearances which you can judge for yourself below with the full program of his talk with Roger Rosenblatt for the Afternoon Night Table Series on April 9, 2008. We previously posted a video excerpt of the program.
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Related: Main Reading Series at the Y
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