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[Ellen dancing with our dad, Jon]
[to the song he sang to us when we were little, at bedtime]
♪ [Julianne] Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine ♪
♪ I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine ♪
♪ A million tomorrows shall all pass away ♪
♪ Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, in today ♪
♪ Well I'll be a dandy, and I'll be a rover ♪
♪ You'll know who I am by the songs that I sing ♪
♪ I'll feast at your table, I'll sleep in your clover ♪
♪ Who cares what tomorrow shall bring ♪
♪ Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine ♪
♪ I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine ♪
♪ A million tomorrows shall all pass away ♪
♪ Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, in today ♪
♪ I can't be contented with yesterday's glory ♪
♪ I can't live on promises, winter to spring ♪
♪ Today is my moment and now is my story ♪
♪ I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing ♪
♪ Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine ♪
♪ I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine ♪
♪ A million tomorrows shall all pass away ♪
♪ Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, in today ♪
♪ [Katie] Gone forever is yesterday ♪
♪ And I don't believe in tomorrow ♪
♪ I used to dream at a rainbow's end ♪
♪ But it only brought me sorrow ♪
♪ Gone forever is yesterday (Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine) ♪
♪ And I don't believe in tomorrow (I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine) ♪
♪ I used to dream at a rainbow's end (A million tomorrows shall all pass away) ♪
♪ But it only brought me sorrow (Ere I forget all the joy that is mine, in today) ♪
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[clapping and cheering]
[Dad... retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, doctor, musician and our biggest supporter]