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Tag Archives: songs
A Batch of Irish Learics
In a previous post, like this one inspired by Doug Harris, I showed a page of “Irish Literary Learics” from Idyls of Killowen: A Soggarth’s Secular Verses (London: James Bowden, 1899), by Matthew Russell, S.J. The same limericks, however had already … Continue reading
More Mr. Lear
Here is another song from the Mr. Lear show in Paris, and an invitation for tomorrow’s performance:
Who is Karel Drofnatski?
I first came across Karel Drofnatski’s name when reading a review of Bryn Terfel’s CD Silent Noon (DG 000289 477 5336 0, 2004) which includes arrangements of Edward Lear’s “There was an old man with a nose” (“The Aquiline Snub”) … Continue reading
A Blog of Bosh 