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  • The things that spring to mind.

    I was just cleaning the fish tank, and started singing this;

    There is a tavern in the town, in the town

    And there my true love sits him down, sits him down,
    And drinks his wine as merry as can be,
    And never, never thinks of me.

    cho:Fare thee well, for I must leave thee,
    Do not let this parting grieve thee,
    And remember that the best of friends
    Must part,must part.
    Adieu, adieu kind friends, yes, adieu
    I can no longer stay with you, stay with you,
    I'll hang my harp on the weeping willow tree,
    And may the world go well with thee.

    He left me for a damsel dark, damsel dark,
    Each Friday night they used to spark,
    Used to spark,
    And now my love who once was true to me
    Takes this dark damsel on his knee.
    And now I see him nevermore, nevermore;
    He never knocks upon my door, on my door;


    Oh,woe is me; he pinned a little note,
    And these were all the word she wrote:
    Oh, dig my grave both wide and deep, wide and deep;
    Put tombstones at my head and feet, head and feet
    And on my breast you may carve a turtle dove,
    To signify I died of love.


    Fare thee well, for I must leave thee,
    Do not let this parting grieve thee,
    And remember that the best of friends
    Must part, must part.
    Adieu, adieu kind friends, yes, adieu
    I can no longerstay with you, stay with you,
    I'll hang my harp on the weeping willow tree,
    And may the world go well with thee.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjgVY2vQumU
    Last edited by HappyJack; 27 March 2015, 22:09.
    Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam
    A Great Civilization is not Conquered from without
    Until it has destroyed itself from within
    W.Durant


  • #2
    Re: The things that spring to mind.

    Its nothing to worry about John, its just early dementia.
    I have always set myself a very low standard, and constantly fail to achieve it.

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    • #3
      Re: The things that spring to mind.

      Originally posted by stephenfrank View Post
      Its nothing to worry about John, its just early dementia.
      Naa den Simon, ooo daa sayin az got dementia!

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      • #4
        Re: The things that spring to mind.

        Originally posted by Dave Burgess View Post
        Naa den Simon, ooo daa sayin az got dementia!
        I don't know, I've forgotten.
        I have always set myself a very low standard, and constantly fail to achieve it.

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        • #5
          Re: The things that spring to mind.

          What was that he hung in a willow tree ?
          Bob (geordie) Watts

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          • #6
            Re: The things that spring to mind.

            John, that is spooky. I found myself singing that very same song a few weeks ago.
            Ar Dhia, Alba is ar Banrigh!

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            • #7
              Re: The things that spring to mind.

              Originally posted by Davie Howie View Post
              John, that is spooky. I found myself singing that very same song a few weeks ago.
              Was also thinking of that derelict pub in Wales, the one in the middle of the training area.
              I remember when coming across it all them years ago and thinking, where did all the custom come from?
              Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam
              A Great Civilization is not Conquered from without
              Until it has destroyed itself from within
              W.Durant

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              • #8
                Re: The things that spring to mind.

                Get up to the Tan Hill Inn. Highest pub in England. Middle of nowhere up in the Pennines but every time you go in, it's usually heaving.

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                • #9
                  Re: The things that spring to mind.

                  BRILL NEW AVATAR CHRIS!

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                  • #10
                    Re: The things that spring to mind.

                    I miss my old ewe.

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                    • #11
                      Re: The things that spring to mind.

                      I bet ewe do!

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                      • #12
                        Re: The things that spring to mind.

                        Ah! Del Shannon, "I Remember Ewe"...
                        Ar Dhia, Alba is ar Banrigh!

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                        • #13
                          Re: The things that spring to mind.

                          Originally posted by Davie Howie View Post
                          Ah! Del Shannon, "I Remember Ewe"...
                          think you'll find that was Frank Ifield Davie.
                          I have always set myself a very low standard, and constantly fail to achieve it.

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                          • #14
                            Re: The things that spring to mind.

                            Or the Temperance Seven, Ewe you,re driving me crazy.

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                            • #15
                              Re: The things that spring to mind.

                              Originally posted by stephenfrank View Post
                              think you'll find that was Frank Ifield Davie.
                              That's him Steve, frank Ifield the old yodelling singer. Wasn't he an Aussie ?
                              Bob (geordie) Watts

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