The Unknown but Naughty Lady
Last November I worked as an election poll worker in my town of Glendora, California, which I often do. My first time at this particular precinct, I noticed that there was a street, Shady Lane, listed in the street index. I immediately remembered a very popular song from the 1950s, recorded by the Ames Brothers and others, "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane." It had been covered by Dean Martin and the McGuire Sisters. Whenever a resident of that street came to my table, I asked them if they knew the song (poll workers probably aren't supposed to do that.) Of all the people I asked, only one person, a man about my age, knew it. That surprised me because it's a fun little song and, I thought, pretty much a standard. One would think that they would have already been asked the question by others. Sometimes I enjoy being old, cuz I get to remember a lot of neat stuff.