Mudcat Café message #2312012

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Thread #109817 Message #2312012
Posted By: GUEST,Classic FM listener
10-Apr-08 - 09:42 AM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Is My Team Ploughing (A. E. Housman)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Is My Team Ploughing (A. E. Housman)

Years ago, Classic FM (to which I used to listen) had phone-in competitions. One time I remember a contestant, speaking quickly and correctly identifying a composer as Benjamin Britten, managed to get the whole of this lttle couplet out:

"Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears
Were both a pair of f***ing queers"