I'm sure you have heard the song, Winter Wonderland during the holidays. It is a well-known song. This song just happened to be written by the former owner of this home. YEP, that's right. The songwriter lived in this little town of Honesdale, Pa.
A visit to this cache brings you to this historic home located just across from beautiful Central Park, imagine it in the winter during a snowstorm for the full effect.
This is the former home of Dick Smith, lyricist of "Winter Wonderland". The song is usually heard around the holidays, although there is no mention of Christmas in the lyrics. The song was recorded in 1934 by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians. Later, Perry Como and The Andrews Sisters also made recordings of this song making it more popular. Interestingly, it has been recorded by over a hundred artists, but only a few actually sing the complete lyrics. The actual lyrics include these words ... Over the ground lies a mantle of white A heaven of diamonds shines down through the night And two hearts are thrilling in spite of the chill, in the weather Love knows no season, love knows no clime Romance can blossom, any old time Here in the open we're walking and hoping, together
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening,
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight,
We're happy tonight.
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Gone away is the bluebird,
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song, as we go along,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
We'll say: No man,
But you can do the job when you're in town.
Later on, we'll conspire,
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid,
The plans that we've made,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
And pretend that he's a circus clown
We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman,
Until the other kids knock him down.
When it snows, ain't it thrilling,
Though your nose gets a chilling
We'll frolic and play, the Eskimo way,
Walking in a winter wonderland.
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This geocache was originated by a geocacher, "Jeffsue" who could no longer maintain it. Sadly it was archived and I really liked it so I repaired the original hide and put it back out as a new cache for cachers to enjoy.