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Thread #48017   Message #718638
Posted By: IanC
28-May-02 - 06:16 AM
Thread Name: Another alphabetic quiz
Subject: Another alphabetic quiz
Here's another whole alphabet of (mainly traditional) songs and tunes (once more, I had to cheat a bit on X and Z's getting a bit thin ... any suggestions - PM me).

A - Getting legless in the West Indies; draw near and hear.
B - Following a row, she fears he is some lord.
C - Small avian requiring massive armaments.
D - Him and her, but he won't do a deal so she dies.
E - Sadly murdered, along with Lady Mondegreen.
F - Tim's obituary was premature.
G - Where one loses, another wins; but she was never so poor as to marry for clothes.
H - Mr Garrick thinks both ships and sailors are made of the same material.
I - Married man's lamentation.
J - Liverpool sailor is disappointed; should have married first.
K - Lonely job for a man, no wonder his children are all half-mermaid.
L - Her painful memory may prove rewarding to someone, but he's buried in the ice.
M - Former British prime minister in the forest; what would you do?
N - Keeping these on in bed cannot be said to be entirely polite.
O - Norfolk polka in which the vessel is overturned.
P - Being well past your prime, you must die.
Q - Young men are plenty but, for her, life is more of a card game.
R - Henry Clay's instructions to the guard are often parodied nautically.
S - More than a handful of aristocrats involved in a seaside incident.
T - They shine to her like diamonds bright, but coal would be nearer the mark.
U - Ghost story must be English, it starts with a weather forecast.
V - Romeo and his Juliet as Dickens might have written it, perhaps.
W - This tune sounds like a sylvan orgy.
X - That's all that drink and the devil have allowed to remain.
Y - He came courting the farmer's grey mare, or so the daughter says.
Z - Nonsense words, but the day's just fine.

Answers, as usual, on the forum. The last one took you about 2½ hours and I suspect this may take about the same time. Collaboration strongly encouraged and comments about songs, tunes, performers (or anything else) welcomed.

Good luck. Ian