{"id":1839,"date":"2012-11-29T14:54:16","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T19:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soupgreens.com\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2012-11-29T14:54:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T19:54:16","slug":"aura-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/?p=1839","title":{"rendered":"Aura Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soupgreens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/auralee.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"auralee\" width=\"407\" height=\"447\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1844\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>The melody of the Elvis Presley song &#8220;Love Me Tender&#8221; comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/query\/D?amss:1:.\/temp\/~ammem_U3L8::@@@mdb=mcc,gottscho,detr,nfor,wpa,aap,cwar,bbpix,cowellbib,calbkbib,consrvbib,bdsbib,dag,fsaall,gmd,pan,vv,presp,varstg,suffrg,nawbib,horyd,wtc,toddbib,mgw,ncr,ngp,musdibib,hlaw,papr,lhbumbib,rbpebib,lbcoll,alad,hh,aaodyssey,magbell,bbc,dcm,raelbib,runyon,dukesm,lomaxbib,mtj,gottlieb,aep,qlt,coolbib,fpnas,aasm,denn,relpet,amss,aaeo,mff,afc911bib,mjm,mnwp,rbcmillerbib,molden,ww2map,mfdipbib,afcnyebib,klpmap,hawp,omhbib,rbaapcbib,mal,ncpsbib,ncpm,lhbprbib,ftvbib,afcreed,aipn,cwband,flwpabib,wpapos,cmns,psbib,pin,coplandbib,cola,tccc,curt,mharendt,lhbcbbib,eaa,haybib,mesnbib,fine,cwnyhs,svybib,mmorse,afcwwgbib,mymhiwebib,uncall,afcwip,mtaft,manz,llstbib,fawbib,berl,fmuever,cdn,upboverbib,mussm,cic,afcpearl,awh,awhbib,sgp,wright,lhbtnbib,afcesnbib,hurstonbib,mreynoldsbib,spaldingbib,sgproto,scsmbib,afccalbib,mamcol\">a 19th century pop tune called &#8220;Aura Lee.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to make this song work for our contemporary ears. It&#8217;s so over the top sentimental, and the harmonies are unbearably sweet. So I was happy to find a version I liked: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f4qdbXiUlq8&amp;feature=fvwrel\">1938 cover by The Shelton Brothers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The melody of the Elvis Presley song &#8220;Love Me Tender&#8221; comes from a 19th century pop tune called &#8220;Aura Lee.&#8221; It&#8217;s hard to make this song work for our contemporary ears. It&#8217;s so over the top sentimental, and the harmonies are unbearably sweet. So I was happy to find a version I liked: the 1938 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thejoydrops.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}