I had a wild dream. It was a musical about Betty Knox, a vaudevillian back in the thirties who was part of a trio known as Wilson, Keppel, and Betty. She would later work as a journalist for the London Evening Standard. Her daughter became the next Betty. Anyway, the sand concept is a routine they did: the Sand Dance. In the dream, the musical was: The Sand Princess, and it was about her life, the highlights of it, which were plenty.
Some of thy lyrics to one of the songs I tried to piece together; however (below), it’s hard to remember actual specifics in the dream. I remember the entire stage covered with sand. The actors all looked like something out of Dune. It was a spectacle in my head, LOL.
Think your life is in the tank,
Don’t have two coins in the bank,
Grab your stuff,
Call their bluff,
Dreams are nuthin’ without a push,
Move those feet, get off your tush,
Squash that frown,
Take it out of town,
Let ’em eat dirt,
Let ’em pound sand,
Let ’em pound sand…
With some dreams, I have to wonder where the heck did they came from, but this one was pretty obvious to me. A friend from London had sent me the youtube link to the vaudeville number, and then I read up about the act. I read about Betty Knox and found her fascinating. She is a musical waiting to happen.
Betty Knox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Knox
The Sand Dance
The Beard and the Cap 
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