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A Shropshire Lad

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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! :laugh:
Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.

He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world is mad....

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Penelope wrote: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/200 ... usman.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!!!!! :oops:
Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.

He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world is mad....

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