Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree or in jail, would be welcomed home on their return. In October 1971, newspaper columnist Pete Hamill wrote a piece for the "New York Post" called "Going Home". In it, he told a variant of the story, in which college students on a bus trip to the beaches of Fort Lauderdale make friends with an ex-convict who is watching for a yellow handkerchief on a roadside oak in Brunswick, Georgia. Hamill claimed to have heard this story in oral tradition. In June 1972, nine months later, "Reader's Digest" reprinted "Going Home". Also in June 1972, ABC-TV aired a dramatized version
Hands Tied Hands Tied "Hands Tied" is a song by American recording artist Toni Braxton. It was written by Heather Bright, Warren "Oak" Felder, and Harvey Mason, Jr. for her sixth studio album "Pulse" (2010), while production was helmed by Oak and Mason. Built around a cascading piano line, it features Braxton as the protagonist talking about how she could love a guy with her hands tied.. Chosen as the album's second official single, it was released on February 23, 2010 on U.S. urban radio stations. The track has since reached number #29 on the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Club mixes