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er, hamburger, will you repeat that in German? I think, perhaps, it was a great chant or ritual of some kind.

Speaking of rituals, folks, I have this thing that I do every night and it's called.

EAT! <smile>

If I am able, I shall be back to say goodnight; if not, don't worry 'bout me, I'll get along.

wa2k
the german 'cap horn' song is just little longer , of course the sailor's love - his girl that he left behind - is being 'sweet talked' into waiting for his return . hbg


Ein Wind weht von Süd
und zieht mich hinaus auf See!
Mein Kind, sei nicht traurig,
tut auch der Abschied weh.
Mein Herz geht an Bord
und fort muß die Reise gehn.
Dein Schmerz wird vergehn
und schön wird das Wiedersehn!
Mich trägt die Sehnsucht
fort in die blaue Ferne.
Unter mir Meer
und über mir Nacht und Sterne.
Vor mir die Welt,
so treibt mich der Wind des Lebens,
wein' nicht, mein Kind,
die Tränen, sie sind vergebens.

La Paloma ohe -
einmal muß es vorbei sein!
Nur Erinn'rung an Stunden der Liebe
bleibt noch an Land zurück.
Seemannsbraut ist die See,
und nur ihr kann ich treu sein.
Wenn der Sturmwind sein Lied singt,
dann winkt mir der Großen Freiheit
Glück!

Wie blau ist das Meer,
wie groß kann der Himmel sein!
Ich schau' hoch vom Mastkorb
weit in die Welt hinein.
Nach vorn geht mein Blick,
zurück darf kein Seemann schau'n.
Cap Horn liegt auf Lee,
jetzt heißt es auf Gott vertrau'n.
Seemann, gib acht!
Denn strahlt auch als Gruß des Friedens,
hell in der Nacht
das leuchtende Kreuz des Südens,
schroff ist das Riff
und schnell geht ein Schiff zugrunde.
Früh oder spät
schlägt jedem von uns die Stunde.

La Paloma ohe -
einmal wird es vorbei sein!
Einmal holt uns die See,
und das Meer gibt keinen von uns
zurück.
Seemannsbraut ist die See,
und nur ihr kann ich treu sein.
Wenn der Sturmwind sein Lied singt,
dann winkt mir der Großen Freiheit
Glück!

La Paloma ohe! La Paloma ohe

wa2k
now , here is a song "the blackleg miner" (meaning : a scab)that is certainly very descriptive .

THE BLACKLEG MINERS

Oh, early in the evenin', just after dark,
The blackleg miners creep te wark,
Wi' their moleskin trousers an' dorty short,
There go the backleg miners !

They take their picks an' doon they go
Te dig the coal that lies belaw,
An' there's not a woman in this toon-aw*
Will look at a blackleg miner.

Oh, Delaval is a terrible place.
They rub wet clay in a blackleg's face,
An' roond the pit-heaps they run a foot
Wi' the dorty blackleg miners.

Now, don't go near the Seghill mine.
Across the way they stretch a line,
Te catch the throat an' break the spine
O' the dorty backleg miners.

They'll take your tools an' duds as well,
An' hoy them doon the pit o' hell.
It's doon ye go, an' fare ye well,
Ye dorty blackleg miners !

Se join the union while ye may.
Don't wait till your dyin' day,
For that may not be far away,
Ye dorty blackleg miners !

*toon-raw = town-row
Note: A black-leg is a scab.
From Folk Song in England

hamburger, you have an amazing store of knowledge, my friend. Were I not so tired, I would really like to know more.

"...but I shall say goodnight til it be morrow..."

From Letty with love

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

J. M. Barrie
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Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 - 19 June 1937), more commonly known as J. M. Barrie, worked as a Scottish novelist and dramatist. Most people remember him for inventing the character of Peter Pan, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys.

Born in Kirriemuir, Angus, as the second-youngest of ten children, Barrie received his formal education at Dumfries Academy and the University of Edinburgh. He became a journalist in Nottingham, then in London, and became a novelist, and subsequently a playwright.

Made a baronet in 1913, Barrie lies buried at Kirriemuir, next to his parents, sister, and elder brother David, who had died in a skating accident just before his 14th birthday.

Literary career

Barrie set his first novels in Kirriemuir, which he called "Thrums" (his father worked as a weaver). Barrie often wrote dialogue in Scots. He subsequently wrote for the theatre, including Quality Street (1901), What Every Woman Knows (1908), and The Admirable Crichton (1902). His last play, The Boy David (1936), dramatized the Biblical story of King Saul and the young David. Like the role of Peter Pan, the role of David was played by a woman--Elisabeth Bergner.

His Thrums novels were hugely successful when they were published, starting with Auld Licht Idylls (1888). Next came A Window in Thrums (1889), and The Little Minister (1891). His two 'Tommy' novels, Sentimental Tommy and Tommy and Grizel came in 1896 and 1902 and dealt with themes much more explicitly related to what would become Peter Pan. The first appearance of Pan came in The Little White Bird (1901).

In 1891 Barrie wrote Ibsen's Ghost, a parody of Henrik Ibsen's drama Ghosts, which had just been performed for the first time in England under the Independent Theatre Society led by J. T. Grein. Barrie's play was first performed on May 31 at Toole's Theatre in London. Barrie seemed to appreciate Ibsen's merits; even William Archer, the translator of Ibsen's works into English, enjoyed the humor of the play and recommended it to others.

Peter Pan had its first stage performance on 27 December 1904.In 1924, he specified that the copyright of the play should go to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. The current status of the copyright is complex. See Peter Pan Copyright Status.

Barrie, along with a number of other playwrights, was involved in the 1909 and 1911 attempts to challenge the censorship of the Lord Chamberlain over play production in London.

Barrie and his Acquaintances

Barrie, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Robert Louis Stevenson were acquaintances from university. The three of them attended Edinburgh University and they also worked for the college newspaper. J.M. Barrie met Thomas Hardy through Hugh Clifford while he was staying in London.

The Llewelyn Davies family

The Llewelyn Davies family consisted of the parents Arthur (1863-1907) and Sylvia, née Du Maurier (1866-1910) (daughter of George du Maurier) and their five sons George Llewelyn-Davies (1893-1915), Jack Llewelyn-Davies or Jack (1894-1959), Peter Llewelyn-Davies (1897-1960), Michael Llewelyn-Davies (1900-1921), and Nicholas Llewelyn-Davies or Nico (1903-1980).

Barrie became acquainted with the family in 1897 or 1898 after meeting George and Jack with their nurse Mary Hodgson in London's Kensington Gardens, where he often came while walking his dog, Porthos, and lived nearby. He did not meet Sylvia until later, at a chance encounter at a dinner party.

He became a surrogate father, and when the boys became orphans, he became their guardian. Some sources say that the mother's will specified the nurse's sister, and that he forged or unintentionally mistranscribed the will. However it was clear that he was the only one with the time and resources to bring them up together, the alternative being splitting the boys up amongst relatives, a scenario Sylvia objected to.

Although some people may find his friendship with children suspicious, there does not seem to be any evidence that anything inappropriate happened, and the youngest of the boys, Nico, flatly denied that Barrie ever behaved inappropriately. Barrie was married to the actress Mary Ansell, but it was a sexless and childless marriage and ended in divorce. He was godfather to Peter Scott.

The statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, erected in secret overnight for May Morning in 1912, was supposed to be modelled upon a photograph of Michael, but the sculptor decided to use a different child as model, leaving Barrie very disappointed with the result. "It doesn't show the devil in Peter", he said.

Barrie suffered bereavements with the boys, losing the two to whom he was closest. George was killed in action (1915) in World War I and Michael, with whom Barrie corresponded daily, drowned (1921) in a possible suicide pact, one month short of his 21st birthday, while swimming at a known danger-spot with a friend at Oxford. Some years after Barrie's death, Peter Davies, later a publisher, wrote his 'Morgue', which contains much family information and comments on Barrie. At the age of 63 Peter committed suicide by jumping in front of an Underground train.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Barrie

Pedro Armendáriz
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Pedro Armendáriz, born Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings (May 9, 1912, Mexico City - June 18, 1963, Los Angeles, California) was a Mexican actor of the Cinema of Mexico and Hollywood.

He was the son of Pedro Armendáriz García-Conde (Mexican) and Adela Hastings (American). He was also the cousin of actress Gloria Marín. Pedro lived with his parents in Texas and studied college in California, where he graduated with an engineering degree at the California Polytechnic State University.

Acting career

When Pedro finished his studies, he moved to Mexico where he worked in trains, as a tour guide and as a journalist for the biligual magazine México Real. He was discovered by film director Miguel Zacarías when Pedro recited the monologue of Hamlet to an American tourist. He obtained his first role in a movie at the age of 22 and after that he made many films in Mexico, the United States, France, Italy and England. He received a Ariel Award in 1948 in the category of Best Actor for his role in La perla

His last appearance was in Ian Fleming's second James Bond film, From Russia with Love (1963) as Bond's ally, Kerim Bey. He has a son, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., who is also an actor, and who coincidentally played a role in the James Bond film Licence to Kill in 1989.

The Conqueror

In 1952 he had a role in the movie The Conqueror produced by Howard Hughes. This movie was filmed in the state of Utah during the time when the US government ran nuclear tests in the neighboring state of Nevada. 91 of the 220 people involved in the production of the film contracted cancer within 25 years, and 46 of these died as a consequence of this illness, among them:

* John Wayne (stomach and lungs)
* Susan Hayward (brain)
* Agnes Moorehead (lungs)
* John Hoyt (lungs)
* Dick Powell (lymph glands)

Pedro Armendáriz started to suffer pain in his hips and years later it was discovered that he had cancer in these regions. Pedro learned his condition was terminal while at UCLA medical center. He reportedly acted in From Russia with Love while enduring great pain (he visibly limps in most scenes) in order to leave behind financial resources for his family after his impending death. He committed suicide soon after production of that film ended, on June 18, 1963.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Armend%C3%A1riz

Hank Snow
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Clarence Eugene Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999), better known as Hank Snow, was a Hall of Fame country music singer and songwriter.


Snow was born in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada. When he was 14, he ordered his first guitar from Eaton's catalogue for $5.95, and played his first show in a church basement in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia at the age of 16. He then travelled to the nearest big city, Halifax, where he sang in local clubs and bars. A successful appearance on a local radio station led to him being given a chance to audition for RCA Records in Montreal, Quebec. In 1936, he signed with RCA Records, staying with them for more than forty-five years.

A weekly Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio show brought him national recognition and he began touring Canada until the late 1940s when American country music stations began playing his records. He headed to the "Country Music Capital of the World", Nashville, Tennessee, and Hank Snow, the "Singing Ranger" (a nickname modified from the Yodelling Ranger when his high voice changed to the baritone that graced his hit records) would be invited to play at the Grand Ole Opry in 1950. That same year he released his mega-hit, "I'm Movin' On". The first of seven Number 1 hits on the country charts, "I'm Movin' On" stayed at Number 1 for nearly half a year.

Along with this hit, his other 'signature song' was I've Been Everywhere, in which he portrayed himself as a hitchhiker bragging about all the towns he'd been through. Rattling off a well-rhymed series of city names at an auctioneer's pace, the song has long been a challenge for any country-music singer to attempt. Johnny Cash's version of it was used in recent years as the soundtrack to an American motel chain's television commercials.

A regular at the Grand Ole Opry, in 1954 Hank Snow persuaded the directors to allow a new singer by the name of Elvis Presley to appear on stage. He used Elvis as his opening act, before introducing him to Colonel Tom Parker. In August of 1955, Snow and Parker formed the management team, "Hank Snow Attractions". This partnership signed a management contract with Presley but before long, Snow was out and Parker had full control over the rock singer's career.

In 1958, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

Performing in lavish and colourful sequin-studded suits, his career covered six decades during which he sold more than 80 million albums. Although he became a proud American citizen, he still maintained his friendships in Canada and remembered his roots with the 1968 Album, "My Nova Scotia Home".

In Robert Altman's 1975 film Nashville, Henry Gibson played a self-obsessed country star loosely based on Hank Snow.

Despite his lack of schooling, he was a gifted songwriter and in 1978 was elected to Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. In Canada, ten times he was voted that country's top country music performer. In 1979, Hank Snow was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Nova Scotia Music Hall of Fame.

In 1994 his autobiography, "Just a Hank Snow Story," was published, and later The Hank Snow Country Music Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia would open.

The victim of an abusive childhood, he set up the "Hank Snow International Foundation For Prevention Of Child Abuse".

Snow died in Madison, Tennessee in the United States and was interred in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Nashville.

Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Ashley MacIsaac, Johnny Cash and Emmylou Harris, amongst others, have covered his music. One of his last top hits, "Hello Love," was, for several seasons, sung by Garrison Keillor to open each broadcast of his Prairie Home Companion radio show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Snow

I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE

Recorded by Hank Snow
Written by Geoff Mack

[C] I was totin' my pack
Along the dusty Winnemucca road
When along came a semi
With a high and canvas covered load
"If you're [F] going to Winnemucca, Mack
With me you can ride."
So I [C] climbed into the cab
And then I settled down inside
He [G] asked me if I'd seen a road
With so much dust and sand
And I said, [C] [P]
"Listen, Bud I've traveled every road in this here land."

(Chorus)
[C] I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
[F] 'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've [C] breathed the mountain air, man
[G] Of travel, I've had my share, man
[C] I've been [G] every-[C] where.

Been to [C] Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota,
Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota,
[F] Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma,
[C] Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma,
[G] Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo,
[C] Tocopilla, Barranquilla, and Padilla, I'm a killer.
[C] I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
[F] 'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've [C] breathed the mountain air, man
[G] Of travel, I've had my share, man
[C] I've been [G] every- [C] where.

[C#] Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana,
Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana,
[F#] Monterey, Ferriday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa
[C#] Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa,
[G#/Ab] Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake,
[C#] Grand Lake, Devil's Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete's sake;

[C#] I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
[F#] 'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've [C#] breathed the mountain air, man
[G#/Ab] Of travel, I've had my share, man
[C#] I've been [G#/Ab] every-[C#] where.

[D] Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika,
Shefferville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rica,
[G] Pittsfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport,
[D] Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond Du Lac, Davenport,
[A] Idaho, Jellicoe, Argentina, Diamontina,
[D] Pasadena, Catalina, see what I mean, sir;

[ D] I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
[G] 'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've [D] breathed the mountain air, man
[A] Of travel, I've had my share, man
[D] I've been [A] every-[D] where.

[Eb] Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravellburg, Colorado,
Ellensburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, Eldorado,
[G#/Ab] Larrimore, Atmore, Haverstraw, Chattanika,
[Eb] Chaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika,
[Bb] Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City,
[Eb] Sioux City, Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity;

[Eb] I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
[G#/Ab] 'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've [Eb] breathed the mountain air, man
[Bb] Of travel, I've had my share, man [P]
"I know some place you haven't been."
I've been every-[Eb] where."

Richard Adams
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Richard George Adams (born May 9, 1920 in Newbury, Berkshire, England) is a British novelist who is best known for two novels with animal characters, Watership Down and The Plague Dogs.

Adams served in the British Army from 1940 through 1946, during World War II. He was given a Class B discharge to continue his studies and in 1948 he received a master's degree from Worcester College at Oxford University. He was a senior civil servant who worked as an Assistant Secretary for the Department of Agriculture, later part of the Department of the Environment, from 1948 to 1974. Since 1974, following publication of his second novel Shardik, he has been a full-time author.

He originally began telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters Juliet and Rosamund, and they insisted he publish it as a book. It took two years to write and was rejected by thirteen publishers. When Watership Down was finally published, it quickly became a huge success on both sides of the Atlantic, selling over a million copies in record time in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Watership Down has become a modern classic and won the Carnegie Medal in 1972. To date, Adam's best-known work has sold over 50 million copies world-wide, earning him more than all his other books put together.

He also contested the 1983 general election, standing as an Independent Conservative in the Spelthorne constituency on a platform of opposition to fox hunting.

He now lives, with his wife, within 10 miles of his birthplace and his latest novel will be published this year (2006).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Adams_%28author%29

Albert Finney
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Albert Finney is an five-time Academy Award nominated British actor, born 9 May 1936 in Salford, Lancashire, England. He has received several nominations and awards within the entertainment industry.


Career highlights

His most famous role was as Agatha Christie's master detective Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film Murder On The Orient Express. Finney was so effective in the role that he complained that it typecast him for a number of years. "People really do think I am 300 pounds with a French accent" he said.

His first film was The Entertainer (1960), but his real breakthrough came with his portrayal of a hedonistic, disillusioned factory worker in Karel Reisz's film of Alan Sillitoe's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. This led to a series of "angry young man" roles in kitchen sink dramas, most notably 1963's Tom Jones (for which he turned down the role of T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia). Albert Finney has often been called "A second Olivier".

From 1970 to 1978, he was married to the French actress Anouk Aimée.

His television roles include the lead in Dennis Potter's final two plays: Karaoke and Cold Lazarus. In the latter he played a frozen, disembodied head. His most recent TV credit is the leading role in My Uncle Silas, about a Cornish country gentleman, who's looking after his grand-nephew. It ran from 2000 until 2002, then again for a mini-series in 2003.


Acclaim

Finney's accolades are numerous. He's received several nominations and awards from the prestigious awards societies of the entertainment industry.

Academy Awards (Oscars)

He has been nominated for the Best Actor Oscar four times, for Tom Jones, Murder On The Orient Express, The Dresser, and Under the Volcano. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Erin Brockovich.

British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (BAFTA)

Finney received a BAFTA nomination in 1964 for his work on Tom Jones.


Emmy Awards

He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance in The Image and won an Emmy for his performance as Winston Churchill in the HBO movie, The Gathering Storm.


Golden Globe Awards

He's received Golden Globe nominations for his performances in

* Big Fish,
* Erin Brockovich,
* Under the Volcano,
* The Dresser,
* Shoot the Moon, and
* Tom Jones (he received two nominations, winning one below).

Additionally, he has won Golden Globes for The Gathering Storm, Scrooge, and for Tom Jones.

* For The Gathering Storm, he won "Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television" for 2003
* For his role in Scrooge, his portrayal of the both the old miser and the young Ebenezer Scrooge earned him "The Best Motion Picture Actor in a Musical/Comedy" for 1971.
* For Tom Jones, he shared a win as "Most Promising Newcomer - Male" for 1964.


Laurel Awards

In 1971 he was nominated for a Golden Laurel for his work on Scrooge. For his work on Tom Jones, he was the 3rd Place Winner for the "Top Male Comedy Performance" for 1964.

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

He was honored by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association as Best Actor for Under the Volcano (which he tied with F. Murray Abraham for Amadeus), the National Board of Review for Best Actor in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, and the New York Film Critics Circle for Best Actor in Tom Jones.



Screen Actors Guild

He has also received three nominations from the Screen Actors Guild Awards, being nominated for his performance in The Gathering Storm, winning for his performances in Erin Brockovich, and as a member of the acting ensemble in the movie Traffic.


Silver Berlin Bear

He won the Silver Berlin Bear award for Best Actor for The Dresser at the 1984 Berlin International Film Festival.


Tony Awards

He's been nominated for two Tony Awards for his performance in the plays, "Luther" and "Joe Egg".


Venice Film Festival

He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for Tom Jones at the Venice Film Festival.

Glenda Jackson
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Glenda May Jackson, CBE, (born 9 May 1936) is a two-time Academy Award-winning British actress and politician, currently Labour Member of Parliament for the constituency of Hampstead and Highgate in the London Borough of Camden.

She was born in Birkenhead, across the River Mersey from Liverpool, into a working-class family, and it is a well-known piece of trivia that she once worked in a Boots pharmacy store. Having studied acting at RADA, Jackson made her professional stage debut in Terence Rattigan's Separate Tables in 1957, and her film debut in This Sporting Life in 1963.

Fame came with Jackson's starring role in the controversial Women in Love (1969) gaining her first Oscar, and another controversial role as Tchaikovsky's nymphomaniac wife in Ken Russell's The Music Lovers added to her image of being prepared to do almost anything for her art. She confirmed this by having her head shaved in order to play Queen Elizabeth I of England in the BBC's 1971 blockbuster serial, Elizabeth R. In this year, she also appeared in a BBC Morecambe and Wise Show, playing Cleopatra in a comedy sketch which is generally recognised as one the funniest sequences in British TV history.

Film maker Melvin Frank watched this and saw her comedic potential and offered her the lead female role in his next project. She earned a second Oscar for this particular comic role in A Touch of Class (1973), and Eric and Ernie apparently sent her a telegram saying: 'Stick with us kid, and we'll get you a third!'. She also portrayed Queen Elizabeth on a film about the life of Mary, Queen of Scots and she has been recognised as one of Britain's leading actresses. In 1978, she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

She retired from acting in order to enter the House of Commons in the United Kingdom general election, 1992 as the Labour MP for the Hampstead & Highgate. After the United Kingdom general election, 1997, she was appointed a junior minister in the government of British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, with responsibility for London Transport, a post she resigned before an attempt to be nominated as the Labour Party candidate for the election of the first Mayor of London in 2000. The nomination was eventually won by Frank Dobson, who lost the election to Ken Livingstone, the independent candidate. In the United Kingdom general election, 2005, she received 14,615 votes, representing 38.29% of the votes cast in the constituency.

As a high profile backbencher she has become a regular critic of Blair over his plans to introduce top-up fees. She also called for him to resign following the Judicial Enquiry by Lord Hutton in 2003 surrounding the reasons for going to war in Iraq and the death of government adviser Dr. David Kelly. Jackson is generally considered to be a traditional left-winger, often disagreeing with the dominant Blairite governing centre-right faction in the Labour Party.

By October 2005, her problems with Blair's leadership swelled to a point where she threatened to challenge the Prime Minister as a stalking horse candidate in a leadership contest if he does not stand down within a reasonable amount of time. Jackson is also seen as a possible dark horse contender to succeed Tony Blair when he leaves office.

She has one son by her ex-husband, Roy Hodges.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenda_Jackson

Candice Bergen
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Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress and former fashion model, best known for her starring role on the television situation comedy Murphy Brown.

Early life

She was born in Beverly Hills, California, the daughter of Frances Westerman and radio ventriloquist Edgar Bergen (whose parents, Johan Henriksson Berggren and Nilla Svensdotter Osberg, were Swedish-born immigrants who Anglicized their surname). As a child Candice was often referred to as "Charlie McCarthy's Little Sister", which irritated her (Charlie McCarthy being one of her father's dummies).


Career

Bergen has written articles, a play, and a memoir. She has also studied photography and worked as a photojournalist. Considered one of Hollywood's most beautiful women, Bergen worked as a fashion model but soon began acting. Despite initial rocky reviews, she appeared in such films as Carnal Knowledge and Starting Over, for which she received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for best supporting actress.

Bergen was the first female guest host on Saturday Night Live. On Murphy Brown she played a tough television reporter. Although the show was a successful comedy, it tackled important issues: Murphy Brown, a recovering alcoholic, became a single mother and later battled breast cancer. In 1992, then Vice President Dan Quayle criticized the Murphy Brown character for bearing a child while unmarried. While his remarks became comedic fodder, they paved the way for a subsequent episode to explore the subject of family values within a diverse set of families. Remaining true to the show's humor, Murphy arranges for a truckload of potatoes to be dumped in front of Quayle's residence (a reference to an incident in which Quayle spelled the word "potato" with an e, as "potatoe", an archaic spelling).

After Murphy Brown, Bergen hosted "Exhale with Candice Bergen" on the Oxygen network. She also appeared in character roles in films, most notably Miss Congeniality as the sweet-yet-demented pageant host Kathy Morningside, and portrayed the mayor of New York in Sweet Home Alabama. In 2003 she appeared in the movie View from the Top. In January 2005, Bergen joined the cast of Boston Legal as Shirley Schmidt, a founding partner in the law firm of Crane, Poole & Schmidt. She has also done guest appearances on many TV shows, including Family Guy, Will and Grace and Sex and the City, where she played Enid, Carrie Bradshaw's editor at Vogue.

Private life

Candice attended the University of Pennsylvania, but acknowledges that her failure to take her education seriously resulted in her being asked to leave. Bergen and then boyfriend Terry Melcher lived at 10050 Cielo Drive, which was later occupied by Sharon Tate and her husband, Roman Polanski. Tate and four others were later murdered in the home. A political activist, Bergen accepted a date with Henry Kissinger but was unable to influence his views. In 1981, she married French film director Louis Malle. They had a daughter, Chloe Malle, in 1985, and remained married until his death by cancer in 1995.

Bergen has traveled extensively, and speaks French fluently. She is a vegetarian and is currently married to Marshall Rose.

Bergen is a sister of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candice_Bergen

A farmer goes out one day and buys a brand new stud rooster for his chicken coop. The new rooster struts over to the old rooster and says, "OK old fart, time for you to retire."

The old rooster replies, "Come on, surely you cannot handle ALL of these chickens. Look what it has done to me. Can't you just let me have the two old hens over in the corner?"

The young rooster says, "Beat it! You are washed up and I am taking over."

The old rooster says, "I tell you what, young stud. I will race you around the farmhouse. Whoever wins gets the exclusive domain over the entire chicken coop." The young rooster laughs, "You know you don't stand a chance old man, so just to be fair I will give you a head start."

The old rooster takes off running. About 15 seconds later the young rooster takes off running after him. They round the front porch of the farmhouse and the young rooster has closed the gap. He is already about 5 inches behind the old rooster and gaining fast.

The farmer, meanwhile, is sitting in his usual spot on the front porch when he sees the roosters running by. He grabs up his shotgun and BOOM!

He blows the young rooster to bits.

The farmer sadly shakes his head and says, "Dangit... third gay rooster I bought this month."

Moral of the story...

Don't mess with us old folks....age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

First allow us to thank hamburger for the very interesting ballad of the scab. Having taught in a small coal mining community, the idea of those who would work in the mines against the union is something with which I can identify. Thanks, buddy.

Well, my goodness, folks. Now we know where our Bob gets his moniker. <smile>.Thanks, Boston for the very interesting background on all the famous folks.

The little story about the clever workings of older roosters does show how age and experience is probably the life saver of fish and fowl. Love it, Hawkman.

Well, it seems that all of our Chicago people have been there; done that; came home.

Back later, folks, after coffee.

Hi, with hamburger introducing german songs, I would sing a german song..



Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
aus der Dreigroschenoper von Brecht-Weill

Und der Hei-fisch, der hat Zaehne,
und die traegt er im Gesicht,
und Macheath der hat ein Messer,
doch das Messer sieht man nicht.

An 'nem schoenen blauen Sonntag
liegt ein toter Mann am Strand
und ein Mensch geht um die Ekke,
den man Makkie Messer nennt.

Und schmul Meier bleibt verschwunden,
und so mancher reiche Mann,
und sein Geld hat Makkie Messer,
dem man nichts beweisen kann.

Jenny Towler ward gefunden mit 'nem Messer in der Brust,
und am Kai geht Makkie Messer,
der von allem nichts gewusst.

Und das grosse Geuer in Soho,
sieben Kinder und ein Greis,
in der Menge Makkie Messer,
den man nichts fragt und der nicht weiss.

Und die minderjaehr'ge Witwe,
deren Namen jeder weiss,
wachte auf und war geschaendet,
Makkie, welches war dein Preis,
wachte auf und war geschaendet,
Makkie, welches war dein Preis?

Well, hi yourself, satt. Where you been at.

Let's see, folks. I think I got two words; One was the dove and the other was pretty. Hey, that's not bad for an American.

Well, let's do a tribute to Hank Snow, one of my favorites:

Artist/Band: Classic Country
Lyrics for Song: I'm Movin' On - Hank Snow
Lyrics for Album: Classic Country: 1950-1964
That big eight-wheeler rollin' down the track
Means your true-lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
'Cause I'm movin' on, I'll soon be gone
You were flyin' too high, for my little old sky
So I'm movin' on

That big loud whistle as it blew and blew
Said hello to the southland, we're comin' to you
When we're movin' on, oh hear my song
You had the laugh on me, so I've set you free
And I'm movin' on

Mister fireman won't you please listen to me
'Cause I got a pretty mama in Tennessee
Keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll
And keep movin' me on

Mister Engineer, take that throttle in hand
This rattler's the fastest in the southern land
To keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on
You gonna ease my mind, put me there on time
And keep rollin' on

I've told you baby, from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
Now I'm movin' on, I'm rollin' on
You've broken your vow, and it's all over now
So I'm movin' on

You've switched your engine now I ain't got time
For a triflin' woman on my main line
Cause I'm movin on, you done your daddy wrong
I warned you twice, now you can settle the price
'Cause I'm movin on

But someday baby when you've had your play
You're gonna want your daddy but your daddy will say
Keep movin' on, you stayed away too long
I'm through with you, too bad you're blue
Keep movin' on

She's Always A Woman :: Billy Joel

She's Always A Woman


She can kill with a smile
She can wound with her eyes
She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
She hides like a child
But she's always a woman to me

She can lead you to love
She can take you or leave you
She can ask for the truth
But she'll never believe you
And she'll take what you give her, as long as it's free
She steals like a thief
But she's always a woman to me

CHORUS
Oh-she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh-and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind

And she'll promise you more
Than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you
And laugh while you're bleedin'
But she'll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself
Cause she's always a woman to me

CHORUS

She is frequently kind
And she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases
She's nobody's fool
But she can't be convicted
She's earned her degree
And the most she will do
Is throw shadows at you
But she's always a woman to me

Love that one, Bio Bob. I had no idea that Billy Joel had an addiction to alcohol. Things like that seem to happen to so many musicians.

Well, inspired by Lord Ellpus on our edgar's troll thread:

The Troggs(Trogs)




Wild thing (x2)

Shoppin' at the mall looking for some gear to buy
I saw this girl she cool rocked my world and I had to adjust my fly
She looked at me and smiled and said "You have plans for the night"
I said "Hopefully if things go well I'll be with you tonight"
So we journeyed to her house one thing led to an other
I keyed the door we cold hit the floor looked up and it was her mother
I didn't know what to say I was hanging by a string
She said "Hey you two I was once like you and I liked to do the wild thing"

Wild thing
She loved to do the wild thing
Wild thing
Please baby baby please

Posse in effect hangin' out is always hype
And when me and the crew leave the shindig I want a girl who's just my type
Saw this luscious little frame I ain't lyin' fellas she was fine
The sweet young miss go gave me a kiss and I knew that she was mine
Took her to the limousine still parked outside
I tipped the chauffeur when it was over and I gave her my own ride
Couldn't get her off my jack she was like static cling
But that's what happens when body start slappin' from doin' the wild thing

Wild thing
She wanna do the wild thing
Please baby baby please

Wild thing

Doin' a little show at the local discotheque
This fine youg chick was on my jack so I say what the heck
She want to come on stage and do her little dance
So I said chill for now but maybe later you'll get your chance
So when the show was finished I took her around the way
And what do you know she was good to go without a word to say
We was all alone and she said "Tone let me tell you one thing
I need $50 to make you holler I get paid to do the wild thing"

Say what
Yo love you must be kidding
You're walkin' babe
Just break out of here
Hasta la vista baby

Wild thing

Hmmm. Was that the one that I was looking for? I don't think so, folks