The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #112094   Message #2369158
Posted By: Big Al Whittle
18-Jun-08 - 03:14 PM
Thread Name: The English Guitar/Cittern
Subject: RE: The English Guitar/Cittern
Have you noticed that the English always use Spanish in Pontefract Cakes, except in the rare occasions when they use the more traditional liquorice?

I suspect this heinous practice gained popularity round about the time the English nation regained its self respect and stopped picking their citterns with a feather, learned three chords from the Bert Weedon book and The Watersons learned all they knew about harmony singing from the first Beach Boys album.

Like WAV, I was devastated by all that and lost my personal equilibrium.