Alphabet associations - I

[Flay]

should this be correct would anyone else like to set a puzzle ?

E by gum......

Shall I step in for mercs?

Perhaps this E should have been a Yorkshireman:

An English nightingale sang a little Caledonian song for Her Majesty when she was lost

[antongould]

Shall I step in for mercs?

Perhaps this E should have been a Yorkshireman:

An English nightingale sang a little Caledonian song for Her Majesty when she was lost

Cheers Flay - I am currently on no. 38 of Lady Gould's latest festive list but might get a chance this evening ... Are you back on these shores?

[Flay]

Yes. I was just away for the week.

[antongould]

Eric? Just to keep the pot boiling, albeit feebly .....

[Flay]

Eric? Just to keep the pot boiling, albeit feebly .....

You'll need to put more logs on the fire.

If it were to be spelt with a K it would point you vaguely in the right direction, although the country is lower. I want a surname.

(Actually if Eric was a shot in the dark then it was pretty good)

[antongould]

You'll need to put more logs on the fire.

If it were to be spelt with a K it would point you vaguely in the right direction, although the country is lower. I want a surname.

(Actually if Eric was a shot in the dark then it was pretty good)

No it was a nightingale singing in some square or other ....

[Flay]

No it was a nightingale singing in some square or other ....

No, mine is simply english.

[Flay]

And a Caledonian song would be simply ....

[antongould]

And a Caledonian song would be simply ....

Presumably not Caledonia by Paolo Nutini ......?????

[Flay]

Presumably not Caledonia by Paolo Nutini ......?????

No, born about 400 years before him

[mercia]

so E was a 16th century composer ? is English nightingale a sobriquet like Swedish Nightingale ? anything to do with Philomela ? was it the queen or the nightingale who was lost ?

[Flay]

so E was a 16th century composer ?

Yes

is English nightingale a sobriquet like Swedish Nightingale?

No it's a title.

anything to do with Philomela ?

Well indirectly you could be right^*, but not the original mythical character...

^* I can't see it in their repertoire mind you, although contemporary composers are listed.

[mercia]

do I have to translate "english nightingale" into another language?

a Caledonian song would be a Scottish song. Was E an English composer ? was the majesty a real queen ?

[Flay]

do I have to translate "english nightingale" into another language?

a Caledonian song would be a Scottish song. Was E an English composer ? was the majesty a real queen ?

You could, although no doubt others will have translated it for googling. Yes, a (generic) Scottish song. And the queen was generic too.

The composer was not English, but from a lower land.

[antongould]

Flay I have been all over Europe - but I am sure mercs is closing in ......