tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151314217446794832.post4941554180562405611..comments2023-04-02T03:29:20.219-06:00Comments on Maoist Orange Cake: DAFFODILSMaggie Jochildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09763666026058640521noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151314217446794832.post-8840907862536309052007-04-25T16:46:00.000-06:002007-04-25T16:46:00.000-06:00"House of the Rising Sun" fits Amazing Grace too, ..."House of the Rising Sun" fits Amazing Grace too, in fact I think it's the same tune. Am, C, G7...pamishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697806935911261944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151314217446794832.post-56727480092517677042007-04-25T15:50:00.000-06:002007-04-25T15:50:00.000-06:00Iolanthe, sung by Private Willis, first song of Ac...Iolanthe, sung by Private Willis, first song of Act Two. I often use it as a tagline.<BR/><BR/>When all night long a chap remains<BR/>On sentry go, to chase monotony,<BR/>He exercises of his brains,<BR/>This is, assuming that he's got any.<BR/><BR/>Iolanthe is my favorite G&S opera. The Mikado is the best, but Iolanthe is my favorite.<BR/><BR/>Jana C.H.<BR/>Seattle<BR/>Saith WSG: Every boy and Jana C.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16974426405568302762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151314217446794832.post-59600748065353148322007-04-25T11:42:00.000-06:002007-04-25T11:42:00.000-06:00Jana-it's in the "no title, s there" thread. I tho...Jana-it's in the "no title, s there" thread. I though that calling myself an intellectuasl chp was a giveaway.<BR/><BR/>I have a bunch of songs with swappable lyrics, and will dig them out and post them. <BR/><BR/>Deck the halls can also be swapped with the opening song from Iolanthe.(We are dainty little fairies)<BR/><BR/>Mazing Grace, Gilligan, and many other work for almost any cerse by Emilylittle gatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12359345204074482888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151314217446794832.post-6327448467770271472007-04-25T10:06:00.000-06:002007-04-25T10:06:00.000-06:00Gator-- I haven't been able to find your G&S quote...Gator-- I haven't been able to find your G&S quote, or I'd identify it for you. I know them all far too well than is good for my mental health.<BR/><BR/>I did not know "The Raven" could be sung to "Deck the Halls." The latter tune was originally a Welsh song about the coming of spring (back on topic!).<BR/><BR/>Did you know that the theme from "Gilligan's Island" can be sung to the tune of "Jana C.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16974426405568302762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151314217446794832.post-34102926546585364442007-04-24T19:07:00.000-06:002007-04-24T19:07:00.000-06:00Jana-I'm still the first to quote G&S here, and no...Jana-I'm still the first to quote G&S here, and no one even said anything. BUt I'd love to know where that song came from, and intellectual chap that I am, I'm too lazy to look it up.<BR/><BR/>Pseaking of falalas, did you know you can sing "The Raven" to the tune of Deck the Halls?<BR/><BR/>Once upon a midnight dreary, falalala la la la la...little gatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12359345204074482888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151314217446794832.post-70734313415783450882007-04-24T18:54:00.000-06:002007-04-24T18:54:00.000-06:00I know some of Gilbert's Bab Ballads off by heart:...I know some of Gilbert's Bab Ballads off by heart: "Etiquette", "Ellen McJones Aberdeen", and "The Yarn of the Nancy Bell". I have been known to recite them (with acting, of course) at open mikes. No one says you have to recite your OWN poetry. Though I do write light verse of my own, it's hard to top Gilbert. At open mikes I make it a rule not to perform anything that is primarily about myself. Jana C.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16974426405568302762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151314217446794832.post-58316645204042018372007-04-24T16:22:00.000-06:002007-04-24T16:22:00.000-06:00I'm always amazed to remember that Longfellow wrot...I'm always amazed to remember that Longfellow wrote the one about the little girl who had the little curl<BR/><BR/>(obnoxious singsong)<BR/>There was a little girl<BR/>Who had a little curl<BR/>Right on the middle of her forehead<BR/>And when she was good she was very very good.<BR/>And when he was bad she was horrid.<BR/><BR/><BR/>my mother like the alternate ending line<BR/>"and when she was little gatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12359345204074482888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151314217446794832.post-88085278334945723042007-04-24T15:52:00.000-06:002007-04-24T15:52:00.000-06:00Having to choose a category here, but it's a wealt...Having to choose a category here, but it's a wealth of choices: Daffodils, poetry, Dorothy Parker (one of my matron saints -- and a Leo, didja know?), accordions and the beauty of a woman on a learning curve. <BR/><BR/>I don't think schoolchildren memorize much these days, but I agree, it's an important skill. I came from a family of poetry memorizers. When my Great-Aunt Lee hit her early 80sMaggie Jochildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09763666026058640521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151314217446794832.post-64138502614841360572007-04-24T13:47:00.000-06:002007-04-24T13:47:00.000-06:00Wordsworth. And his sister, Dorothy , possibly ha...Wordsworth. And his sister, Dorothy , possibly had a hand in a lot of his stuff. <BR/><BR/>Up in the Lakes, by Wordsworth's cottage, one of the local landladies this year resorted to planting loads of plastic daffodils for easter, because the holidaymakers would be coming specially to see them. Sadly, by easter the daffs had been and gone. <BR/><BR/>Our first daffodils came out mid-January. pamishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697806935911261944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151314217446794832.post-81511306970859993942007-04-24T10:47:00.000-06:002007-04-24T10:47:00.000-06:00I see signs of lilacs, bleeding heart, and daylili...I see signs of lilacs, bleeding heart, and daylilies. Where are the violets?<BR/><BR/>I forget who wrote it too. Never memorised peoms in school, but when I was 15 I memorised The Raven just to see if I could. Now I've forgotten most of it.little gatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12359345204074482888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3151314217446794832.post-84830795910197729552007-04-24T10:34:00.000-06:002007-04-24T10:34:00.000-06:00Little Gator,I remember that poem, "I wandered lon...Little Gator,<BR/>I remember that poem, "I wandered lonely as a cloud," (saw your topic tags...) but was it by Longfellow?<BR/><BR/>Do schoolchildren still memorize poems these days? I suppose we complained about it back in the day, but looking back, I think it was a good idea.<BR/><BR/>When I was in college, my English professor had poetry readings at his home a couple times a semester. He madesilvio sopranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13365412743684628629noreply@blogger.com