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Very interesting, and quite a process!

Fire and Rain ~ James Taylor

Let the Rain Come Down ~ Toni Childs

Warble Fly Whistler by Prof. Wilberforce Winstanley. The latter was a captivating little volume, outlining the life of one Wilfred Bowangler, an expert warble fly impersonator. Young Wilf had learned the art at his grandfather's knee, a prosthetic one that he'd detach and leave in a back paddock, so Wilf's warbling didn't disturb the family. He did, however, have an alarmingly effect on local fauna. Many a time ...

A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall ~ Bob Dylan

The lyrics are particularly silly, as Muggle has shared, but the music is pretty annoying too. Entirely personal taste. I'm not a fan of the Beatles at all, which shows my opinions differ widely from the mainstream 😅 I've been listening to a lot of 30s/40s/50s music lately. Really enjoying it 😊

Don't Go Breaking My Heart ~ Elton John I don't really know any of his other music. Achy Breaky Heart was enough to put me off for life! 😂

I'm worried about. Rosie clapped her hands in excitement, 'Goody goody gum drops! Now we can buy some new kitty beds and new kitty toys and stock up on their favourite Munchkin Morsels and get in a ton of kitty litter. And pay lots of bills. Then, of course, there's the baby. We need to start collecting baby gear, Johnny. I saw the cutest little bassinet, all white wicker and broderie anglais and it had an automatic rocker so baby ... My mind drifted off. This was exactly why I hadn't wanted to take Rosie with me. No sooner had I pocketed a few pounds and she was off on a spending spree! And worst of all, she knew exactly how much I'd made! I'd really been hoping this time to get a new ...

That sounds very interesting, always thought it would be a great job to have. Have you seen Christopher Shaw on The Repair Shop at work?

Achy Breaky Heart ~ Billy Ray Cyrus (one of the dumbest songs ever made 😏)

Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone) ~ John Denver

His eyes goggled, I'd thought this doctored book would appeal to him. 'Dat's a roight bitofa Bobby Dazzler! I'll give yoo 800 Nelson Eddies, roight now!' Rosie whispered to me, 'Tell him we can't be taking any Nelson Eddie's, whatever they are. We want cash!' 'Make it a round grand and we'll have a deal,' I told Del. 'Done!' and he proffered a pudgy and greasy hand. I shook it happily, then Del riffled round in his desk drawer pulling out a wad of money. He counted out ten grubby and crumpled hundred pound notes, but money's money whatever the state of it, so I ... (I don't know if it helped me at all to know Del's a Cockney 🤣)

Diamond Girl ~ Seals and Crofts

I bet you do! I thought. Great expectations of a whacking great profit! But at least he wouldn't be looking into it's provenance and there'd be no comeback. 'How much do you reckon,' I asked. 'First edition, good condition.' 'Hhmmm ... no pin'oles in tha margins, sum wear, not published in 1861 ...I'll giv you eight.' 'Eight thousand!!?' Rosie's eyes lit up and she bounced in her chair which creaked alarmingly under her burgeoning weight. Del let out one of his explosive guffaws which had us recoiling once again. 'Yer dead funny! Yer killin' moi! Oi won't be ableter shift it fer more then ... (Del has a rather erratic accent, I'm afraid 🤣)

We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me) ~ The Ink Spots

lunchtoime yet? I'll tak yoo out fer a slap-up feed, jus yoo an moi, and yoo kin tell moi all about it.' 'I was informed you didn't like the ladies,' said Rosie, ever straight to the point. I cringed. 'Don't loike the ladies! Oo eva told you that? 'im I spose!' He slapped his leg and laughed uproariously. His voice boomed out sending stale beery fumes round the room. I wished I'd brought earplugs and a gasmask. 'My wife's in a rather delicate condition at present, Del, perhaps after the happy event?' 'Looksta moi loike tha 'appy events already occurred loike,' he guffawed, winking at me and leering at Rosie. 'Not till later in the year,' Rosie gave him a dazzling smile, 'but I'll invite you to the baby shower.' I groaned. 'Now about this ...

A Spoonful Of Sugar ~ Julie Andrews

'It might pay you to wait outside, darling,' I said to Rosie, 'he's an eccentric sort of a chap, a bit on the unpredictable side, if you know what I mean. Salt of the earth, always gives me a fantastic deal, but a bit funny about women.' 'How do you mean, 'funny about women'? Doesn't he like them or something?' 'Ummm ... something like that.' I thought it best not to apprise her of the fact that he was actually a tough, womanising, dipsomaniac.' 'I'll butter him up,' said Rosie, ever the optimist. Before I could prevent her, she'd pushed open the door and marched in. Now I was really ...

Georgia On My Mind ~ Ray Charles

Carolina In My Mind ~ James Taylor

peril. 'Darling,' I said, in what I hoped was my most winning way, 'we won't go to Southerby's (they'd be onto me in a nanosecond!) I know a very knowledgeable chappie who will give us a much better deal. Southerby's make you pay a HUGE commission. Let me go to him now and see what he says.' 'I'll come too,' said Rosie, something I'd feared she'd say, but I'd just have to risk it. Del Grundy was hardly what you'd call a ...

place like some kind of over-excited bush baby. She narrowly missed Jigglybutt, who was minding his own business perched on a fluffy pouffe the cats used as a scratching post. He hissed, arched his back and bristled like a bottlebrush in alarm. Rosie was expanding rapidly now and I told her she really needed to take it easy, for everyone's sakes. But of course she ignored me and went her own sweet way. She sometimes reminded me very much of ...

Sunshine On My Shoulders ~ John Denver

Love the Poldark series, too. Have read them all at least three times. The tv series was great, the original one is my favourite, although the later one was very well done too.

Black Sun ~ Death Cab For Cutie