augh. you know, i never sang that one, and it wasn't popular around here. what WAS popular was a purely awful old song called "the lass with the delicate air" and another called "cockles and mussels". also "caro mio ben" from Schirmer's infamous and inescapable 24 Italian Songs and Arias of the 17th and 18th Centuries.
I avoided them all like the plague.
Also avoided: "My Heart Ever Faithful" by Bach, "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" by Handel, etc. My best classical songs were by Bach ("Quia Respexit" from Magnificat), Handel ("O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?") and Purcell, though, especially the latter ("When I Am Laid In Earth" and "Music For A While" being the best).
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Date: 2003-08-13 08:32 am (UTC)I avoided them all like the plague.
Also avoided: "My Heart Ever Faithful" by Bach, "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" by Handel, etc. My best classical songs were by Bach ("Quia Respexit" from Magnificat), Handel ("O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?") and Purcell, though, especially the latter ("When I Am Laid In Earth" and "Music For A While" being the best).