Margaritaville was a big hit in 1977.

It was very big and incredible year for us ...

Why, you probably don't care about.

So, I became a bit of a Jimmy Buffett fan.

I bought a few of the albums when Jimmy was primarily a folk singer, and for many years the ones that followed Margaritaville.

I liked a few of his songs.

I liked the sound of them all.

But, I reached a point where they all sounded the same to me. And, I stopped buying his albums.

Well, there are millions of great songs by great song writers, and singers that I failed to appreciate and off and on, I've been going back to listen to them.

During the Pandemic, Jimmy's band and his youngest daughter ... along with Jimmy, of course, started a project of him recording, and making videos of his more obscure songs.

They asked fans to e-mail their votes for their favorites and got over 10,000 responses.

I saw some of the videos on Youtube while this was going on but didn't pay a lot of attention to it.

Jimmy's daughter made the videos with her i-phone.

Unfortunately, her doing this resulted in Jimmy's guitar often being too loud and you can't hear the words to the songs very well.

However, what to me is the most interesting are the stories behind the songs.

Jimmy is a far better song writer that I'd ever given him credit for being and the same is true of his guitar playing.

I read all of Jimmy's books and greatly enjoyed them. I have them packed away in storage along with 100s of other ones.

I wanted to re-read "A Pirate Looks At 50."

So, I thought I'd just by a used copy on-line.

Last night, they were going for close to $100.

The guy had one of the most incredible lives imaginable.

I can't think of anyone who could top his.

Being that he was a sailor and a pilot.

Here's an incredible song....with a great story behind it...

hanson Pour Les Petits Enfants
Song by Jimmy Buffett

He said it was the first song he ever wrote playing a 12 string guitar.

Now young Mister Moon flew away in the night
With his best friend Magnus right by his side
They soared through the Milky Way, counting the stars
Once around Venus, twice around Mars
Then they spied an island rise out of the sea
They fell back to Earth just as free as you please
The children all gathered, the church bells did ring
Suddenly, everyone started to sing
Chanson pour les petits enfants
Chanson pour tout le monde
Chanson pour les petits enfants
Chanson pour tout le monde
Queen of the island she welcomed them in
Asking 'em questions of where they had been
She offered 'em chocolate, she offered them tea
They all took their seats in the top of a tree
And racoons brought wine and the mice they brought cheese
Beautiful birds floated by on the breeze
From out in the oceans the dolphins began
Humming a tune that soon covered the land
Chanson pour les petits enfants
Chanson pour tout le monde
Chanson pour les petits enfants
Chanson pour tout le monde
So young Princess Leia brought coral and pearls
Gifts to the travelers from some other world
The Bushdoctor mixed up a magical spell
Swore them to secrecy never to tell
So young Mister Moon flew away in the night
With his best friend Magnus still right by his side
The sun was just rising, they'd be home by noon
Humming the words to this magical tune
Chanson pour les petits enfants
Chanson pour tout le monde
Chanson pour les petits enfants
Chanson pour tout le monde
Chanson pour les petits enfants (song for children)
Chanson pour tout le monde (song for the world)
Chanson pour les petits enfants (song for children)
Chanson pour tout le monde (song for the world)
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Jimmy Buffet