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Date sent: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 17:54:55 EST
Subject: Re: I love to sing-a
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In a message dated 1/14/00 3:18:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Plvdijk-at-iafrica.com writes:

<< At my last student concert, one of my beginner pupils sang "Drink to me
only with thine eyes" My two sons (aged 16 and 21, both into music) went
into a whole goonshow-type routine and couldn't recover from their
laughter. I didn't have a clue what they were on about and was just
grateful that they had their mirth outbreak privately! >>

This is really awful, but there's a perfectly lovely setting of Drink to Me
Only With Thine Eyes in the Quilter collection of folk songs (sorry, I just
can't remember the title at the moment, and I know they're not all folk
songs). It's a lovely setting, but I've just never been able to assign it to
anyone because all I can ever think of is that little owl whining through it.
I should get over that...

Lee Morgan
Mezzo soprano