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Thread #15799   Message #145156
Posted By: bseed(charleskratz)
05-Dec-99 - 08:11 PM
Thread Name: Chords Req: Madeira, M'Dear (Flanders & Swann)
Subject: RE: CHORDS REQUEST: Have Some Madeira, M'dea
but my quibble is that it isn't a single verb: made up is an idiomatic verb, which breaks the expectation. When I sing it I'll strongly accent the "made" and clearly give each of the completers equal stress.

I could accept "made up her mind, her face, her gift list, and with her boyfriend," even though "made up with" is itself an idiomatic verb, because it is last in the series. But I could not accept "made up her mind, with her boyfriend, her face, and her gift list." Am I succeeding in getting through, getting clear, getting better, and getting the whole argument over?

And does anyone know the chords?

--seed