Buster Brown

My brother and I sang the Buster Brown song

When we FaceTimed today; we both knew

Every word about Buster and Tige,* who belong,

As the jingle explains, in a shoe.

 

Certain memories stick and remain in my head

From my childhood, a lifetime ago,

And though I can’t remember a book I just read,

This old tune, from the 50’s, I know.

 

It’s amazing to me how the brain seems to file

Certain info that I can retrieve,

But it runs out of room and so, after a while,

Newer facts pay a visit, then leave.

 

 

*Buster Brown was a children’s shoe company.

Buster was a little boy and Tige was his dog.

A picture of them both was inside the shoe.