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Penelope 
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WASN'T HE? Tom Hood,
Tell me more - was he musical?
Musical.....that is how my Mum used to refer to gentlemen who weren't the type to have wives!  |
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WASN'T HE? Tom Hood,
Tell me more - was he musical?
Musical.....that is how my Mum used to refer to gentlemen who weren't the type to have wives! |
Yes, Mum was wise. His brother too.
http://peter-rivendell.blogspot.com/2006/07/gay-for-today-laurence-hou sman.html
See, if you walk your grandchild to school and other such domestic things, you don't get so depressed about inevitable mortality.
Tom
P.S. Oh, but now I see musicalness was already covered on page 1 of this thread. |
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Well, fancy that!!! I just looked at that link you gave us.
He looks a bit too 'refined' to be a true 'Shropshire Lad'....
You know, I thought all that seducing young ladies, in the poem, didn't ring true.....
He does look rather dashing though.....Ah Me! What a waste.....
Sorry! Not PC.....again!!!!!  |
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