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Thread #110424 Message #2444812
Posted By: Phil Edwards
19-Sep-08 - 04:37 AM
Thread Name: England's National Musical-Instrument?
Subject: RE: England's National Musical-Instrument?
hummelschen (a small quiet bagpipe)
Whatever happened to that? Gone the way of the small quiet accordion, I suppose, along with the thunder of the contra-bass tabor and the mighty roar of the battle-flute. Eheu.
cow-bell, door-bell, bicycle bell, church bell, ships bell, Lloyd's bell, dinner bell, desk bell, school bell, death bell, cat bell, falcon bell, Morris bell...
I've probably quoted this before, but John Hegley's lines on Englishness sum it up quite nicely:
I like bells in church towers And bells below the knee I like Morris dancing And I like Morrissey