Yes. Sorry, lunch calling!
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Just a thought ....Originally posted by Norfolk Born View PostNot that I'm aware of!
The Rolling English Road
by G.K.Chesterton
Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode,
The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road.
A reeling road, a rolling road, that rambles round the shire,
And after him the parson ran, the sexton and the squire;
A merry road, a mazy road, and such as we did tread
The night we went to Birmingham by way of Beachy Head.
I knew no harm of Bonaparte and plenty of the Squire,
And for to fight the Frenchman I did not much desire;
But I did bash their baggonets because they came arrayed
To straighten out the crooked road an English drunkard made,
Where you and I went down the lane with ale-mugs in our hands,
The night we went to Glastonbury by way of Goodwin Sands.
His sins they were forgiven him; or why do flowers run
Behind him; and the hedges all strengthening in the sun?
The wild thing went from left to right and knew not which was which,
But the wild rose was above him when they found him in the ditch.
God pardon us, nor harden us; we did not see so clear
The night we went to Bannockburn by way of Brighton Pier.
My friends, we will not go again or ape an ancient rage,
Or stretch the folly of our youth to be the shame of age,
But walk with clearer eyes and ears this path that wandereth,
And see undrugged in evening light the decent inn of death;
For there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen,
Before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.Comment
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Happy Birthday Norfolk
what's a baggonet?Comment
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Is it your birthday, today, Norfs?
If so, Many Happy Returns!
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I think we have John Field in Moscow, Victor Herbert in Woodlawn and Michael Balfe in Kensal Green, in their respective cemeteries
I shall let Am51 connect those three composersComment
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Originally posted by amateur51 View PostVery close indeed Caliban but in the absence of a few clarifying parameters I'm lorst, never having been to Moscow nor The Bronx
All this and Mandy provoking lats & ahinton to greater & greater heights of doom-laden introspection on The Left: Moribund thread
Milly-Molly-Mandy needs to learn a spot of London geography too...
That thread is a quagmire of recrimination with flying fur'n'feather trimmings, isn't it?!? 
Still hoping for an Am51 question next!!!
"...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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Wasted I'm afraid mercia. I'm orf for a shower, pin my hair up (It's a Helen Shapiro Tribute I've got planned for today!) and then I'm orf to RAM for a free concert so do carry onOriginally posted by mercia View Post
Junior Academy Symphony Orchestra
Howard Williams conductor
Shostakovich Festive Overture op.96
Holst The Perfect Fool Ballet Suite op.39
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances op.45
Ain't life great!
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Originally posted by amateur51 View PostWasted I'm afraid mercia. I'm orf for a shower, pin my hair up (It's a Helen Shapiro Tribute I've got planned for today!) and then I'm orf to RAM for a free concert so do carry on
Junior Academy Symphony Orchestra
Howard Williams conductor
Shostakovich Festive Overture op.96
Holst The Perfect Fool Ballet Suite op.39
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances op.45
Ain't life great!
Last time I heard the Shostakovich, I was playing first trombone
It's a lip-buster!!!!
Detailed report / review, if you'd be so kind Sir, upon your return?
"...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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The magnificent Yevgeny Svetlanov directing traffic and putting in some practice for the Shot Putt in the '88 Olympics!Originally posted by Caliban View Post
Last time I heard the Shostakovich, I was playing first trombone
It's a lip-buster!!!!
Detailed report / review, if you'd be so kind Sir, upon your return?
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ams - many thanks for reminding me of this - it was nagging at me ever since I saw the "Kensal Green" clue...Originally posted by amateur51 View PostComment
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There's a gastropub local to the cemetery that uses this line, vints ...Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
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Originally posted by amateur51 View PostThe magnificent Yevgeny Svetlanov directing traffic and putting in some practice for the Shot Putt in the '88 Olympics!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kBGP9iv1qw
awe-inspiring! So the poor mites at the RAM haven't got much to live up to then....
I think it's the first time I saw 'ffff' on a score in front of me - or perhaps I was seeing double due to a carbon dioxide overdose after all the endless staccato marcato off-beat quavers...
"...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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Thank you, fellow posters, for your birthday wishes ... 34 again...Originally posted by mercia View Post
(It's actually on Monday, but these particular friends are otherwise engaged on the 28th).
I'm assuming mercia has the answer but is generously leaving the door open for somebody else.Comment
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As neither mercia nor amateur 51 appears to be with us at the moment, would anybody else like to tidy things up (I'm assuming you all know the answer!)Comment
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Are we talking a fair city where...........Comment
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