A: Aha Me a Riddle I Day by Laura Love

 

Hi there AtoZ-ers! It's been a few years since I've played along with this blog hop and I'm really looking forward to it. My theme this year is Songs in my Heart. Each day, I'll feature a song that means something to me personally along with some thoughts about it. 

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I discovered Laura Love by accident. I was at graduate school in Middlebury, Vermont with my then-toddler daughter and we attended a summer festival. Just so happens, we were there when Laura Love was performing and my daughter LIT UP when she heard this song. Danced her little feet off!

So of course, we bought the CD (because that's how you bought music back then). I really love the mix of different folk traditions that Love blends into something uniquely her own. It's not a song that makes sense on a surface level, but still connects to something emotional. Sometimes, "I should have a chat with me," too.

Here are the lyrics as found on musixmatch:

Lyrics of Aha Me A Riddle I Day by Laura Love

verse

I had a little dog, you know its name

I had a little horse but he pulled up lame

I told a little lie and I filled with shame

But another loved me all the same

chorus

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

verse

Gotta get a job, gotta pay the notes

Gotta get a big long overcoat

I gotta put some water in the moat

I gotta get away, that′s all she wrote

chorus

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

verse

Didn't even know how sad I was

I didn′t know the answer wasn't 'cause

I hardly even know what a master does

Was not was so was not was

chorus

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

bridge

You have tried to give me this feeling

You have tried to show me the way

You have tried but I am not willing

So I should have a chat with me

chorus

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

verse

I wrote a little song didn′t make much sense

You couldn′t tell the past from the present tense

I made a little record cost immense

Good night ladies and the gents

chorus

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

outro

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Aha me a riddle I day, aha me a riddle I day

Writer(s): Laura Love

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