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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..."
... having abandoned the truly dire and woeful Dickens spoof on BBC tv: entirely unfunny Quite an achievement by the writer, to misfire so completely with every single line.
Awful. Lord knows how much it must have cost, but just awful. I gave up in despair after five minutes...
But try A singer/songwrtier who made it big At Seventeen
Ahha! I think I can send you to bed, Ammy!
Janis.
Gary Cooper's daughter is married to Byron Janis the pianist.
That song is by someone called Janis Ian
Who's the fat lady? Janis Joplin? Janis Battersby off Corrie? 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..."
"...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..."
"Dick Motta is sometimes erroneously credited with coining the celebrated phrase: The opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings."
"Dick Motta and his wife Janice now operate a bed and breakfast, the Blue Bird Inn, across from the shores of Bear Lake in Fish Haven, Idaho. Motta now spends his summer mornings pouring orange juice for guests and discussing the local booming real estate market."
It's a long shot, but I couldn't resist it.
"....local booming real estate market." I wonder if it still is booming...?
Don't be! Please use your K.... I've done 2 or 3 lately and am all clued-out!! If you can get the Fat Lady, I propose it should be all yours!!
"...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..."
The Fat Lady? - Byron Janis' first wife was June Dickson Wright, sister of Clarissa Dickson Wright one of Two Fat Ladies
Bloody hell, Ams!!! Where did you dredge that bit of trivia from???
I nominate Flay for the K, not least because I'm glad to see him back!
"...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..."
"Dick Motta is sometimes erroneously credited with coining the celebrated phrase: The opera ain't over 'til the fat lady sings."
"Dick Motta and his wife Janice now operate a bed and breakfast, the Blue Bird Inn, across from the shores of Bear Lake in Fish Haven, Idaho. Motta now spends his summer mornings pouring orange juice for guests and discussing the local booming real estate market."
It's a long shot, but I couldn't resist it.
"....local booming real estate market." I wonder if it still is booming...?
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