In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it,
You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter Parade.
I'll be all in clover and when they look you over,
I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter Parade.
On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us,
And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure.
Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet,
And of the girl I'm taking to the Easter Parade.
- "Easter Parade" by Irving Berlin, 1933
They were in New York when my husband was a child because his father worked at the United Nations. Walking down Fifth Avenue for the Easter Parade was one my my mother-in-law's favorite memories of New York. She said many people took photos of her Spanish mantilla. I understand that New York still continues this tradition on Easter Sunday.
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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
A beautiful photograph. I recognized Tia Chon right away. And I remember so well the lyrics of Irving Berlin, which were still popular in my own childhood.
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