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    #23851
    The tune of "Tom Bowling" forms part of the medley of English sea-songs customarily played on the Last Night of the Proms. Mr Verdant Green, eponymous hero of the novel by Cuthbert Bede, learns to row and 'feathers his oars with skill and dexterity' (Part II Chapter VI), borrowing a line from Dibdin's song "The Jolly Young Waterman."

    copied from wikipedia

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      #23852
      Fantasia on British Sea Songs? Sir Henry....?

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        #23853
        Well done Mercia you are up earlier than usual.....

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          #23854
          Originally posted by antongould View Post
          Well done Mercia you are up earlier than usual.....
          indeed, but I'm not trying to muscle in on your imminent question-setting opportunity

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            #23855
            Y would you do that?

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              #23856
              Originally posted by mercia View Post
              The tune of "Tom Bowling" forms part of the medley of English sea-songs customarily played on the Last Night of the Proms. Mr Verdant Green, eponymous hero of the novel by Cuthbert Bede, learns to row and 'feathers his oars with skill and dexterity' (Part II Chapter VI), borrowing a line from Dibdin's song "The Jolly Young Waterman."

              copied from wikipedia
              According to another page on Wikipedia, Charles Dibdin, actor, composer and dramatist wrote and composed "The Waterman" (a short dramatic work) in which he also performed in 1774. "Tom Bowling" was composed in 1789 on the death of his brother, Captain Thomas Dibdin.

              So it looks like mercia to take the neXt letter.

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                #23857
                Originally posted by subcontrabass View Post
                mercia to take the neXt letter.
                'fraid I'm to bed
                I think anton's been itching to set a question

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                  #23858
                  Originally posted by antongould View Post
                  Y would you do that?
                  Go on anton... you know you want to...

                  Thrill us!
                  "...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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                    #23859
                    [QUOTE=subcontrabass;189430]You should be looking for a link between "Waterman" and a sad item than has been missing from the Last Night of the Proms for the last few years (last included in 2007) and restored for this year.[/QUOTE]

                    Purely as an aside and for no other reason - Got to say I prefer Anton's answer, and I have a soft spot for the Fantasia on seasongs - will be glad to see it back.

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                      #23860
                      A Y if I must to, hopefully, link

                      Grosse Poine Blank
                      Richard Strauss
                      Closing Time

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                        #23861
                        Originally posted by antongould View Post
                        A Y if I must to, hopefully, link

                        Grosse Poine Blank
                        Richard Strauss
                        Closing Time
                        Blimey anton, has the Red Bull been available on draught at Chateau Gould? Look at the time!!
                        "...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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                          #23862
                          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                          Blimey anton, has the Red Bull been available on draught at Chateau Gould? Look at the time!!
                          Not really, I reckon he thought it up while Hey Jude was murdered!

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                            #23863
                            Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                            Not really, I reckon he thought it up while Hey Jude was murdered!
                            Poor old Jude really was.
                            "...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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                              #23864
                              She was indeed - and so the balance of my mind was disturbed - slight clue - but mercs was up so I thought it would be solved in 10 minutes!!!

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                                #23865
                                Originally posted by antongould View Post
                                She was indeed
                                I thought Jude was a "he" (based on Lennon's eldest son, Julian - originally "Hey, Jules")?

                                And should
                                Grosse Poine Blank
                                read "Grosse Pointe Blank" or is this a cunning clue?
                                [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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