Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Divis Sweeney Date: 10 Sep 06 - 07:43 AM Sorry 5. should be (US). 2. Is (UK) |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Divis Sweeney Date: 10 Sep 06 - 07:35 AM 1.Your candle is burning the wheels are turning what you gonna do? (uk) 2.I remember holding you while you sleep, every day I feel the tears that you weep. 3.I like beer, and I like cheese I like the smell of a westerly breeze (UK) 4.The other night he brought me a fine diamond ring But he thought to have deprived me of a far better thing. (UK) 5. write braille get jailed, jump bail, join the army, if you fail. (UK) 6.Then I thought of Oxnard, just north of LA where I picked strawberries for many a day. (US) |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: The Sandman Date: 10 Sep 06 - 06:28 AM yes The Whitby Whaler by Richard Grainger. Sailors Dream by CAPTAIN B |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Paul from Hull Date: 10 Sep 06 - 06:27 AM 3rd is 'The Game of All Fours' |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: The Sandman Date: 10 Sep 06 - 06:23 AM third is the Sailors dream, fourth is the Gallant frigate Amphitrite.HERES SOME MORE . The sun went down and the moon advanced. Its first they eat the white puddings then they eat the black. I dealther the ace but myself the poor Jack. think ill wait till sunset. |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Divis Sweeney Date: 10 Sep 06 - 06:22 AM Is 4. Magellan Storms And Mutiny ? |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Paul from Hull Date: 10 Sep 06 - 05:16 AM Yep, Whitby Whaler, Divis (IS that the EXACT title, Cap'n?) 2nd is Bogey's Bonny Belle. |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Divis Sweeney Date: 10 Sep 06 - 05:00 AM Can only get one so far, 1. Whitby Whaler ? |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: The Sandman Date: 10 Sep 06 - 04:51 AM 1 FAREWELL LOVE ME CANNY LASS 2 the liy of the valley the primrose of the dell. 3 the dolphin with a smile played a tiune upon his viol . 4 while beating off magellan straits. heres two contemporary two traditional, all english. |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Divis Sweeney Date: 10 Sep 06 - 03:58 AM And great song it was eric. |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Dave Hanson Date: 10 Sep 06 - 03:55 AM 5 was Buffy St Maries Soldier Blue. eric |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Divis Sweeney Date: 10 Sep 06 - 03:34 AM Answers to two above 6.And at the age of thirteen I thought I was carrying the weight of the whole world on my shoulders. Was clarence Carter, Patches. 1.We'll go walking out while others shout of war's disaster. (UK) Was Jethro Tull, Living in the past. Old Guy, a. I'm a union man now all the way. Answer King Harvest. b. O then, tell me Sean O'Farrell,tell me why you hurry so? Answer, The rising of the moon. |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: John O'L Date: 10 Sep 06 - 01:44 AM Opinion on the internet seems to be divided among 'rat', 'rack' and even 'rags'. It may or may not be interesting to note that there is a dog called a Rat Terrier, and another dog called a Jack Russell... |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Old Guy Date: 10 Sep 06 - 12:19 AM 3.`I will fix your rat if you'll take Jack my dog'' (US) It's rack not rat. Don't know the meaning. a. I'm a union man now all the way. b. O then, tell me Sean O'Farrell,tell me why you hurry so? |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: GUEST Date: 09 Sep 06 - 11:32 PM 5.Neither one will give in So we gaze at our eight by ten (US) "The Games People Play". Joe South (?) |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: GUEST Date: 09 Sep 06 - 10:56 PM Second # 6: "Ramblin' Man" by the Allman Brothers. |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Elmer Fudd Date: 09 Sep 06 - 08:57 PM 2. I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag, by Country Joe McDonald |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: John O'L Date: 09 Sep 06 - 08:35 PM Ramblin' Man. |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: pdq Date: 09 Sep 06 - 08:34 PM Er, could you folks possibly mean 'fix your rack"? |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: GUEST Date: 09 Sep 06 - 08:32 PM "3.`I will fix your rat if you'll take Jack my dog'' (US)" From "The Weight" by The Band. |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: John O'L Date: 09 Sep 06 - 08:31 PM Divis Sweeney's 2nd no. 4 is of course Eleanor Rigby and his 2nd no. 6 is driving me nuts - I know it's The Allman Bros., but I can't for the life of me think of the song |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: pdq Date: 09 Sep 06 - 08:25 PM They were easy, medium, harder. Hint: #9 is written by a man who took his own life. |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: John O'L Date: 09 Sep 06 - 08:21 PM pdq - 7 - Gorfon Lightfoot's Ten Degrees & Getting Colder 8 - Dylan's Wheels On Fire 9 - (I'm guessing) Paul Simon's Richard Cory? |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: GUEST Date: 09 Sep 06 - 08:11 PM Number 5 in the first post: Buffy's "Soldier Blue". |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Divis Sweeney Date: 09 Sep 06 - 08:10 PM Procol Harum, bobad, Sorry you are right Gurney, it was them. |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Divis Sweeney Date: 09 Sep 06 - 08:07 PM A few more before I go to bed. 1.We'll go walking out while others shout of war's disaster. (UK) 2.And you know that peace can only be won when we've blown 'em all to kingdom come. (US) 3.`I will fix your rat if you'll take Jack my dog'' (US) 4.Look at him working, daring his socks in the night when there's nobody there. (UK) 5.Neither one will give in So we gaze at our eight by ten (US) 6.And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus Rollin' down highway 41.(US) All songs my favourites. Well night folks from Ireland and thanks. DS |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Gurney Date: 09 Sep 06 - 08:05 PM THEM chopping wood? |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: pdq Date: 09 Sep 06 - 08:03 PM Here are some more: 7. How the world fell on his shoulders down in Boulder I don't know. 8. Youll remember youre the one That called on them to call on him To get your favors done. 9. He was wined and speeched and honored, everybody shook his hand. |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: bobad Date: 09 Sep 06 - 07:58 PM I remembered the song but don't know who did it. |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Divis Sweeney Date: 09 Sep 06 - 07:54 PM Will done all of you, bobad, you got the hard one, old favourite of mine. Only 5 & 6 to go. One a hit for a female American artist the other a male American artist. Now get thinking up a few more. |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: CallyH Date: 09 Sep 06 - 07:50 PM 4. Time in a Bottle Jim Croce |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: bobad Date: 09 Sep 06 - 07:48 PM 3. Conquistador |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: pdq Date: 09 Sep 06 - 07:46 PM 1. What Did You Learn in School Today? Tom Paxton |
Subject: RE: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: katlaughing Date: 09 Sep 06 - 07:42 PM 2. The Night they drove old Dixie down?:-) (Are these Cross-the-pond-centric or any ol' place?) |
Subject: BS: (Quiz) What song is this line from ? From: Divis Sweeney Date: 09 Sep 06 - 07:38 PM In this quiz you get a line from a well known song, you can give a clue if you wish. Don't make them too difficult. Here are a few for starters. 1. Our leaders are the finest men and we elect them again and again. 2. Now I don't mind, I'm chopping wood and I don't care if the money's no good. 3.And though your jewel-encrusted blade has not been plundered still the sea has washed across your face and taken of its fill. 4.If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true 5. This is my country and I sprang from her and I’m learning how to count upon her. 6.And at the age of thirteen I thought I was carrying the weight of the whole world on my shoulders. Hope you like it, just something to get the brain thinking. |
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