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  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
    Gone fishin'
    • Sep 2011
    • 30163

    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
    Or White Christmas... Yule... Berlin.... Did Irving Berlin write it?!*

    Just checked: yes he did.


    Capital work, Cali ... two to go!
    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26523

      Plus White Fang - Jack London

      You're a devious b*•@•r, fhg...
      "...the isle is full of noises,
      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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      • Nick Armstrong
        Host
        • Nov 2010
        • 26523

        And the third... ... Sir Ebenezer Russia, the famous collector of white things? ... I have no idea...
        "...the isle is full of noises,
        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26523

          Oooh Sir Sir.... White Russian cocktail? I could murder one, as a matter of fact...
          "...the isle is full of noises,
          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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          • cloughie
            Full Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 22113

            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
            And the third... ... Sir Ebenezer Russia, the famous collector of white things? ... I have no idea...
            No but Irving Berlin was born in the USSR.

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            • ferneyhoughgeliebte
              Gone fishin'
              • Sep 2011
              • 30163

              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
              Plus White Fang - Jack London
              ... and TWO!

              You're a devious b*•@•r, fhg...
              Now then! I don't respond to bribes or flattery.





              (But don't let that stop you)
              [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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              • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                Gone fishin'
                • Sep 2011
                • 30163

                Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                No but Irving Berlin was born in the USSR.
                Was it called that, back in those days?
                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26523

                  Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                  ... and TWO!


                  Now then! I don't respond to bribes or flattery.





                  (But don't let that stop you)
                  The Beatles' White Album?
                  "...the isle is full of noises,
                  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                    Gone fishin'
                    • Sep 2011
                    • 30163

                    Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                    The Beatles' White Album?
                    ... the first track of which is ...
                    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                    • Nick Armstrong
                      Host
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 26523

                      Back in the USSR...


                      "...the isle is full of noises,
                      Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                      Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                      Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                      • cloughie
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2011
                        • 22113

                        Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                        ... the first track of which is ...
                        Back in the USSR - How is that a USSR collection?

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26523

                          Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                          Back in the USSR - How is that a USSR collection?
                          One of a collection of songs i.e. an album...
                          "...the isle is full of noises,
                          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                          • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                            Gone fishin'
                            • Sep 2011
                            • 30163

                            A hat-trick and the next round to Cali!



                            (And I think it very inconsiderate of Dinah Washington not to have recorded any song with the word "white" in the title! )
                            [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                            • cloughie
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2011
                              • 22113

                              Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                              One of a collection of songs i.e. an album...
                              OK, who am I to query tenuous clues, good one Ferney and well done Cal, we await your X or whichever letter you choose at this extreme end of the alphabet.

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                              • Nick Armstrong
                                Host
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 26523

                                Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                                (And I think it very inconsiderate of Dinah Washington not to have recorded any song with the word "white" in the title! )
                                how selfish.

                                Oh great. X, Y or Z.
                                "...the isle is full of noises,
                                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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