h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

"How does this donkey song go then?"

not on the BBC

Yea Vienna, it means nothing to me Vienna,( hahemm ) , yes never been there but it sounds appealing, i am stuck in the eighties i spose musicwise , but i cant help coming over all emotional listening to a Vienese waltz ; from beer tents to ballrooms

There is a lot of 80's in my musical preferences but on the whole I'm not fussy as long as the guitars are tortured
http://www.last.fm/user/happydufus

Hey thats great, i have drifted listening to what any of my friends were listening too, and stumbling upon a few things myself so i have listened to a lot of different things over the years but not stuck with any, fleetwood mac is a fave ( each incarnation it seems ), i like that sort of blues " green manalishi" type stuff ,great ! Reminds me of some of the early Pink Floyd, but i am not an expert or real fan having not bought all the albums and memorized all the lyrics. I really havnt one musical genre i prefer over any tbh.

Very nice looking site btw . hey i see you are interested in WW11 navy ships ( just Chatham class, isnt it ?)

Oh i'm sorry , i meant Captain class , there is a Chatham class too tho eh?

I live in Kent happy near Chatham actually, but the navy pulled out of town in the 80's so the dockyard is only an tourist attraction with a small(compared to the navy days) commercial dock still working.

Captain class is my specialist subject but you sort of pick stuff up along the way about other escort and ASW ships of the era.

Have you came accross these before?
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/churchill/interactive/_html/wc0112.html

and in reply

http://www.bartleby.com/101/741.html


I'll see if i can find the donkey one

both are new to me, the Churchill one is quite interesting

You might know those, the second one is from a famous Churchill speech i think, i came accross the poem in a paper ages ago( i have the cutting ) it came to mind when after seeing the Captain class frigates, still on the donkey one though , hey its not a goat by any chance is it? ( like in the banking ad with Lemmy in it , yeah? )

Ahh thats it goat and fresh cream lyrics

Doh!

Sorry about this but this is the real deal, this is what i meant to post but couldnt find it, the poems are in context at the end of each speech; no more i promise

http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1941/410209a.html


http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1941/410427a.html

There just for the record.

all I can say is that it is a drinking song that I learned during a misspent youth in some of the less salubrious drinking establishments of south London

Sounds like you were a bit of a wild rover

A real song , eh?

Maybe you will remember the lyrics ? What were they serving in south London at the time?

" Drink up the cider !"

I bet they have a few good drinking songs at the bierfest, ?

I cant think of any traditional( or otherwise )good drinking songs off the top of my head ( only Irish or folky ones ).

I know the wild rover well including several "alternate" versions

Your a class act m8: i'm a busker!

Time for , , , , , (take ya pick) and I think

Ah breakfast excellent!

or i think.

Yaks milk and celery

O_o

vp