Unfortunately my 'music centre' (complete with turntable) has just gone to the dump, else I could give more detail to the above. The Spinners (on "Everybody Loves Saturday Night" MFP50339) sing "PERRY MERRY DIXIE", which, from memory starts

"I had four brothers, over the sea,
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,
Presents four they sent to me,
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,
Pitrum, partrum, paradisi tempore,
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,

The first sent a cherry which had no stone,
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,
The second sent a chicken which had no bone,
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,
The third sent a blanket which had no thread,
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,
The fourth sent a book which no man had read
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,
Pitrum, partrum, paradisi tempore,
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,

How can there be a cherry which has no stone?
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,
How...........etc

The cherry when it's blooming, it has no stone,
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,
The chicken when it's in the egg it has no bone
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,
The blanket on the sheep's back it has no thread
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,
The book, when it's in the press, no man has read
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,
Pitrum, partrum, paradisi tempore,
Perry Merry Dixie Domini,


Apologies for lapses in memory, and the lack of any attempt to correctly spell the Latin section
Nigel