Twinkle In Your Eye - Original song written by Pauline Johnson

In the mid-80s I played guitar in a local Fredericton band called Excalibur. We played in clubs around New Brunswick. We covered top 40 rock and also played some original songs. We had an amazing lead singer from Minto named Pauline Johnson - who we called PJ for short. She had written a ballad called “Twinkle in Your Eye”, which the band put our own instrumentation to, and we added it to our set. Although we played the song live, as far as I know, the song was never recorded. But I always thought it was such a really great song - so I recently recorded the song and my daughter Jessica did the vocals - thanks Jessica! I kept the instrumentation close to the way we used to play the song in Excalibur “back in the day”. We hope you enjoy it!
And thanks to Pauline! I contacted her last year to ask her permission to record her song. Not only did she respond in minutes giving me permission, but she sent me a picture of the original lyrics handwritten on loose-leaf. I was amazed that she still had them!
There is a video of a live performance of Excalibur playing live in Sussex, New Brunswick, back in 1985 on RUclips. If you are curious to hear the live version of "Twinkle in Your Eye" with Pauline singing. The video is at the following link (Twinkle in Your Eye is at the 18:04 mark):
• Excalibur, Fredericto...

[@paulrees7772]

Awesome!!!

[@danobrien3695]

Beautiful song!! Sounds awesome!

[@VickyFerris-tp1br]

Awesome jobs, Andrew and Jessica. Now that brings back memories.

[@sheilamcphee]

Amazingly Awesome 🤩

[@DanDoucet101]

Great job! Really like the song

[@tammydee4880]

I remember this as if it was yesterday PJ! Always loved ya girl, sorry I didn't get over to your bar. Hope you are doing well. Loved this song way back at The Chestnut when I first heard it, and it is just as amazing as I remembered it. Tammy Darling xx
PS: Andrew you and Jessica did an Amazing job also!

[@FreetoGrowBand]

Nice 👍 keep them coming 😊

[@sherryroberts7835]

Nice!!!

[@aaronhazlett6799]

Awesome job Andrew and Jessica! that is so special sharing the magic of music :) What a great song, almost has a Juice Newton feel to it! well done.

[@brentliston7234]

Amazing!