My Mother's Music Books

My parents both loved music - and laughter. They enjoyed reading the humor sections of the Reader's Digest (a magazine they subscribed to).

And they collected song books with their "old favorite" songs.

As I sort through my mother's things, I find some dating back to 1967 (Canada's Centennial) and earlier.

The oldest is this Silver Book of Songs for all grades. It was published in 1938 - the year my mother attended "Normal School" (which we now call Teachers' College) to train to become a teacher. Did she take it with her when she packed her trunk and headed up north to the Peace River country to teach in a one-room country school in Preston Lake?

I wouldn't be surprised if it was from back then!