Well, the flea has thrown me! Because that makes me think either Shosta, Wm. Blake or Feydeau and I was going down a musical theatre route in which fleas have no place! Can anyone confirm, just as a piece of trivia, where the expression of eyes being the window of the soul comes from? Is is Shakespeare or The Bible, I cannot find this out.
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I'll throw a Spaniard in the works.Comment
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Neither. It's generally held to be just a proverb, it seems, though may owe something to Cicero's "Tusculan Disputations" (who apparently refers to the ears and nose also being windows to the soul). Vinmousseux may able to assist more precisely!!Originally posted by Anna View Post
"...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's got the right idea!Comment
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I guess that's about the Spaniard, but I got in the way?Originally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
"...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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I don't know, to be sure - but it is one of the answers.
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Or Dry FlyOriginally posted by Don Petter View Post
I understand a dab of linseed oil will do the trick
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Originally posted by amateur51 View PostOr Dry Fly
I understand a dab of linseed oil will do the trick
Isn't that cricket bats?
"...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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It certainly doesn't appear sane!Originally posted by Caliban View Post Isn't that cricket bats? 
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"...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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Two down, two to go.....
Spanish Harlem (written by Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector, recorded by Ben E King among others)
Spanish Flea (written by Julius and Cissy Wechter, recorded most notably by Herb Albert)
I'll accept the change of mood either in the original language or in the widely-used English translation.Comment
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No. 3 - a 60s classic: Spanish Eyes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enIdTGckjKsOriginally posted by Norfolk Born View Post
First time I've thought about that tune for 30 odd years, since it was a staple of our school concert band (very boring trombone part
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"...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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