That first one especially -- I suppose because I really like that singer -- but yeah, that's a pretty great anti-war song.
The second one --- yes, I really liked that a capella rendering! I'm also glad you pointed me to that site because I could not understand anything he was saying and I felt rather silly about it (I thought I was reasonably good at understanding northern-England/Scot accent) but then it turned out that many of the words were ones I didn't actually know, so :)
The site tells me that the "blade" is Count Konigsmark, whom I'm sure I was told but didn't remember was the putative lover of Sophia Dorothea whom George I killed (I mean, I did remember that! I just didn't remember his name) -- does salon know any more that's interesting about him? (Wiki says that he "assisted her in one or two futile attempts to escape from her husband in Hanover," which just makes me feel sad for SD! But mildred_of_midgard, didn't you say that you had a book that took a different tack on that whole thing?)
And of course thank you for the link to you singing Both Sides the Tweed! You have a lovely voice <3
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Re: First Part of the '45 (up to Derby) - songs
Date: 2021-10-18 05:31 am (UTC)That first one especially -- I suppose because I really like that singer -- but yeah, that's a pretty great anti-war song.
The second one --- yes, I really liked that a capella rendering! I'm also glad you pointed me to that site because I could not understand anything he was saying and I felt rather silly about it (I thought I was reasonably good at understanding northern-England/Scot accent) but then it turned out that many of the words were ones I didn't actually know, so :)
The site tells me that the "blade" is Count Konigsmark, whom I'm sure I was told but didn't remember was the putative lover of Sophia Dorothea whom George I killed (I mean, I did remember that! I just didn't remember his name) -- does salon know any more that's interesting about him? (Wiki says that he "assisted her in one or two futile attempts to escape from her husband in Hanover," which just makes me feel sad for SD! But
And of course thank you for the link to you singing Both Sides the Tweed! You have a lovely voice <3