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Morwen Edhelwen
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« on: September 14, 2012, 07:09PM »

I thought it might be great to sing this fun song with Lisa Kelly, who I think is my favourite soloist.
 

Anne: Whenever Old Man Trouble makes trouble arise,
Just put a big straw hat over your eyes
You'll never see the circumstance making you frown,
If you just put your eyes under the crown.

Life can be a simple thing,
A simple thing, to laugh and sing,
Get yourself a hat of straw
And put it on, don't take it off

Lisa: And pretty soon, your troubles will come to an end,
Because you simply will not see them, my friend,
To visualise permanent sun in the skies,
Just put a big straw hat over your eyes.
  
A: And when the landlord tells you the rent's in arrears,
Just put your big straw hat over your ears

A&L: You'll never hear the dialogue tragically grim
If you just put your ears under the brim


Life can be a simple thing,
A simple thing, to laugh and sing,
Get yourself a hat of straw
And put it on, don't take it off

And pretty soon, your troubles will come to an end,
Because you will not see or hear them, my friend,
To visualise permanent sun in the skies,
Just put a big straw hat over your eyes.

Life can be a simple thing,
A simple thing, to laugh and sing,
Get yourself a hat of straw
And put it on, don't take it off

And pretty soon, your troubles will come to an end,
Because you will not see or hear them, my friend,
To visualise permanent sun in the skies,
Just put a big straw hat down,
Big straw hat down over your eyes.

So, what does everyone think?
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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2012, 07:51PM »

  It sounds like pretty neat lyrics.....but I don't know the melody.  Maybe you can post a link so we can get a better idea.   Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2012, 03:39AM »

 It sounds like pretty neat lyrics.....but I don't know the melody.  Maybe you can post a link so we can get a better idea.   Smiley

RM: Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raQh43Vc1Y0. It's pretty upbeat and fun.
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« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2012, 03:55AM »

  Pretty catchy.....I can actually picture Mairead playing this on her violin. She loves those snappy tunes. 
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« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2012, 04:10AM »

  Pretty catchy.....I can actually picture Mairead playing this on her violin. She loves those snappy tunes. 

Oh my lord.. yes! It'd be wonderful to sing this accompanied by her! In public, in front of an enormous crowd! Well a girl can dream...
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« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2012, 09:13PM »

Can anyone else see Lisa K doing this?
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« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2012, 09:50PM »

Can anyone else see Lisa K doing this?
  Why  not?    With all her experience in musicals and dramatics, I think it would be  within her  scope to tackle this  genre. 
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« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2012, 11:54PM »

They could all do Downeaster Alexa too.
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