“All my life, hold me close to your heart
But all else above
Hold my love, darling, just hold my love”
All My Life (Bruce Baillie, 1966)
Jan
18
roses
A still of a red rose bush next to a fence. Image via à pala de walsh. DP: Bruce Baillie.
Roses for the end of the Wars of the Roses (note: January 18 is when Henry VII married Elizabeth of York in 1486; the wars would continue until June 16, 1487).
– Ella Fitzgerald, All My Life (Sidney D. Mitchell & Sammy Stept), 1936
In one continuous shot, the camera tracks a fence and rose bushes while Ella Fitzgerald's 1936 debut song All My Life is playing.