Alphabet associations - I

[Nick Armstrong]

Seventeen Come Sunday.

You got it, scb Time for T

Percy arranged it
Ralph included the tune in his Folk Song Suite
"Fairport Convention", who recorded the song, met as lads to practise in a room in a house (one source says it was a spare room above Simon Nichol's dad's surgery) called "Fairport House".

And yup Cloughie, I thought it was time to ... ahem... get down among the.. ah!... hep cats

[subcontrabass]

A T that is banging and singing with an accent in the homeland.

[Nick Armstrong]

A T that is banging
and singing with an accent
in the homeland.

Can't find a way into this. Are the three consituent elements as highlighted above?

[Norfolk Born]

Perhaps the homeland has an accent?

[Nick Armstrong]

Perhaps the homeland has an accent?

That's what I'm trying to ascertain!

Is it anything to do with the eponymous homeland of the current, much-vaunted (but unseen by me) 'Showtime' TV series? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1796960/fullcredits#cast

[mercia]

for some reason the words tabor, tambor or tambourine are coming into my mind

[cloughie]

for some reason the words tabor, tambor or tambourine are coming into my mind

or even timbre or twang

[subcontrabass]

for some reason the words tabor, tambor or tambourine are coming into my mind

Stop at the first of these.

[Anna]

There was, few days ago, on AA a singer mentioned called June Tabor. Any connection?

[subcontrabass]

There was, few days ago, on AA a singer mentioned called June Tabor. Any connection?

[cloughie]

She sings with ban accent.

[Anna]

She sings with an accent.

I think it was Lateralthinking that mentioned her, I don't know her at all. However, I don't have the time at the moment to consider the question further (have to go off line now for some time) so I will leave it to others to chip away at it.

[mercia]

oops, I obviously don't know my Smetena very well

I have to go now, I'm sure someone can pick that up

[Anna]

oops, I obviously don't know my Smetena very well

Oh, don't be so coy mercs, spit it out, accent and all!

[Anna]

I am replying to myself, that is because it is International Womens Day and Sisters are Doing it for Themselves, although I do not want the U (cannot set the next puzzle as I will be offline all evening, probably with Feminists ) but surely one is Má Vlast and another Monteverdi's Orfeo? On the other flipper, it may not be. Ferney missed his turn, so if I am correct (and my success rate is around 5%) but if I am, then Ferney gets the next go.