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Thread #47139   Message #702007
Posted By: MikeofNorthumbria
01-May-02 - 10:14 AM
Thread Name: Songs that hook you with One Great Line
Subject: RE: Songs that hook you with One Great Line
Kevin,

"I still remember what was on the jukebox when she turned" is (I think) on the recently issued Nic Jones anthology (which , to my shame, I haven't got ...yet). Mike Harding played that particular song on his Radio 2 hour only a few weeks ago, and the BBC Website might have the playlist posted.

My own contenders for heart-grabbing lines would have to include:

"I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children" [Dylan: "Hard rain's a-gonna fall"]

"For my heart is with him altogether, though I live not where I love." [Trad: "I live not where I love"]

...and of course ...

"The Bovril's with the gravy, but the Marmite's with the jam!" [By - Guess who?]

And finally ...

"Ying-tong, ying-tong, ying-tong, ying-tong, ying-tong iddle-i-po!" [Spike Milligan: "The Ying Tong Song"]

And there's more what that come from, folks!

Wassail!