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letty : ebeth's mr bailey and miss cleo are also bilingual.
two to three times a year they might stay with us while ehbeth is scampering around somewhere.
mrs h and i sometimes will say a few words in german to each other , and it didn't take b&c long to pick up on it.
the first time it happened, i asked mrs h casually if we should go to bed (g = ins bett gehen). both dogs seemed to be asleep, but immediately got up and marched to the bed, hopped in and grudgingly allowed us in ! bailey will on occasion go to bed by himself, but if we don't come within the next ten minutes, he'll come back, look at us accusingly and invite us to join him.
when it comes to meal-times - which are somewhat irregular since my retirement - they also seem to understand when mrs h talks about what to have for lunch ( g = was soll ich kochen ?). their ears pick up in an instant and they march into the kitchen before we even get up from the sofa.
of course, they both pick up immediately if they realize i might go for a drive; any mention of the car - in english or german - starts them running for the door, ready to have the leash put on.
i imagine it must be the tone of voice - in any language - that they are able to interpret.
i also remember my sister-in-law's dachshound in
germany, who quickly responded to english commands : walk, sit, no (he actually ignored the german commands quite often, but responded well to the english commands). hbg

Letty

This is Seaglass posting on Merry Andrews thingamajig. (with his permission as long as I identify myself and not get him in trouble)

What i want to share with you Letty is I was very privileged to go the Copacabanna (sp) in New York City in the 60's and Nat King Cole was playing the piano and singing.

For the life of me I do not remember what particular songs he played and sang that night, but I did get his autography and the autograph of Joe Lewis who was sitting at the next table with a lady companion.

Talk about a double header.

How are you doing letty?

love seaglass

Thank you, hamburger, for addressing the news item. I think many animals have the ability to understand human languages, and some even the talent of reproducing it. My German shepherd was extremely bright, but very territorial.

Time for a little music, listeners.

Artist: Claude King
Song: Wolverton Mountain


They say don't go on Wolverton Mountain if you're looking for a wife
Cause Clifton Clovers has a pretty young daughter
He's mighty handy with a gun and a knife
Her tender lips are sweeter than honey and Wolverton Mountain protects her there
The bears and the birds tell Clifton Clovers if a stranger should enter there

All of my dreams are on Wolverton Mountain I want his daughter for my wife
I'll take my chances and climb that mountain
Though Clifton Clovers he might take my life
Her tender lips are sweeter than honey...

I'm going up on Wolverton Mountain it's too lonesome down here below
It's just not right to hide his daughter from the one who loves her so
Her tender lips are sweeter than honey...
And I don't care about Clifron Clovers I'm gonna climb up on his mountain
I'm gonna take the girl I love I don't care about Clifron Clovers
I'm gonna climb up on that mountain and I'll get the one I love

I always make a point of telling off my dog in Japanese.

Neither of us knows what I am talking about, but she understands immediately that she has done something wrong.

I then google my phrase to find out what I said.

leonard cohen and other canadian artists inducted into canadian sondwriters hall of fame
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(what the article doesn't tell is , that leonard's manager spend the five-million dollars in his account while leonard was spending time in a buddhist retreat in california. can't you just picture it : 'yeez, lenny is going to be a buddhist monk; he won't need no earthly riches. let's party !'
leonard cohen stated that he'll have to write and perform, if he wants to eat.
leonard is done with being a monk !)
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Gala honours Leonard Cohen
Feb. 6, 2006. 06:16 AM
VIT WAGNER
POP MUSIC CRITIC


When Leonard Cohen is in the house to be honoured, no self-respecting Canadian audience worth its salt-encrusted snow needs any instruction on how to show its love.

Moments before last night's 3rd Annual Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame gala at the Metro Convention Centre, patrons in the John Bassett Theatre were given pointers on how to respond to the evening's events. One moment they were drilled in how to give a credible appearance of "polite applause." The next they were directed toward a proper standing ovation.

Presumably, the choreography was intended to impress future broadcast audiences who will listen to performances when they air tonight at 10 p.m. on CBC Radio Two, tomorrow at 11 a.m. on Radio One and March 6 on CBC-TV. Never, however, were the instructions less necessary.

And it wasn't only Willie Nelson's characteristically true-voiced rendition of "Bird on a Wire," played with campfire intimacy to the backing of guitar and harmonica, that brought the house down. There was also k.d. lang's reverential and hymn-like but quietly joyous cover of "Hallelujah.''

The performances, also including Rufus Wainwright's affectionate take on "Everybody Knows," capped an evening of wonderfully expressive music-making, not all of it related to the Cohen canon.

The evening's other inductees, including iconic Quebec songwriter Gilles Vigneault, Canadian songbird Anne Murray and Quebec singer and vocal teacher Lucille Dumont were also the subjects of generous tributes. The program also featured performances of some of the 26 songs, written by various composers, that were enshrined, including Andy Kim's "Sugar Sugar" and the Stampeders' hit "Sweet City Woman."

Cohen, however, was the focal point of the program. The 71-year-old, Montreal-bred poet troubadour was inducted along with five of his songs ?- the aforementioned three as well as "Bird on a Wire" and "Suzanne."

"We shuffle behind our songs into the hall of fame, shuffling not quite believing that we wrote them but happy that you do," said Cohen during his acceptance speech.

The international recording star, whose music has been the subject of more than 32 tribute albums, kept his comments brief.


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`He's changed all of our lives with the complexity of his sadness, the breadth of his love'
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"The brevity and poverty of these remarks do not reflect the abundance of feeling in my heart for you," he said. Others, including presenter Adrienne Clarkson, had no trouble articulating their devotion.

"He's changed all of our lives with the complexity of his sadness, the breadth of his love," said the former Governor General. "He is our connection to the meaning of ecstacy."

Clarkson also jokingly thanked the "millions of people who didn't buy (Cohen's) early collections of poetry ... because without that he might not have turned to songwriting."

Vigneault, 77, author of the nationalist Quebec anthem "Mon Pays," offered a new metaphor for Canada's two solitudes in the English-language portion of his acceptance speech.

"A song is a small bridge between the banks of a river, between two people or two cultures," he said. "The bridge never denies the existence of the river. When the river overflows, no one will blame the bridge. And when the flood waters have receded the bridge remains."

Fellow Quebecois singer Lucille Dumont, 87, who retired in 1999, said she "will cherish this moment for the rest of my life ?- so probably for the next 30 years."

Murray, inducted as a legacy candidate, thanked the many songwriters who have helped her sell more than 50 million albums worldwide, paying special tribute to Gene MacLellan, who wrote her hit "Snowbird."

In a neat segue, singer Jully Black, backed by a full choir, then led a scorching rendition of another of MacLellan's hits, "Put Your Hand in the Hand."

Murray's home province was also honoured when Jimmy Rankin covered "Farewell to Nova Scotia," another of the songs inducted this year.

Other standout performances included Louise Pitre's elegant and playful version of Willie Eckstein's "S'Nice." Sarah Slean, dolled up like a 1930s movie star, made fine work of Carmen Lombardo's "Powder your Face with Sunshine" and Divine Brown offered a saucy "A Guy is a Guy."Please see Songwriters, E2
Additional articles by Vit Wagner

Ellpus, I don't have a pet. Probably the reason that I don't speak more than one language. <smile>

Wow! hamburger. That's not the first time that a manager has stolen an artist's money, but thanks for the extensive research, buddy.

Our dog doesn't listen in English or German, he's got a mind
of his own.

The song is quite hilarious, Spanky. You should have posted
it there, regardless. Thanks for posting it, I enjoyed it
very much.

Miss Letty, you're still without your lovely conterfei. I hope
it will work one of these days...

And since I heard a nice oldie in the radio before, and
cannot get the song out of my head, I though I let you
in on it too

What's new pussycat? woah, woah
What's new pussycat? woah, woah

Pussycat, pussycat
I've got flowers
And lots of hours
To spend with you.
So go and powder your cute little pussycat nose!

Pussycat, pussycat
I love you
Yes, I do!
You and your pussycat nose!
What's new pussycat? woah, woah
What's new pussycat? woah, woah

Pussycat, pussycat
You're so thrilling
And I'm so willing
To care for you.
So go and make up your cute little pussycat face!
Pussycat, pussycat
I love you
Yes, I do!
You and your pussycat face!
What's new pussycat? woah, woah
What's new pussycat? woah, woah
Pussycat, pussycat
You're delicious
And if my wishes
Can all come true
I'll soon be kissing your sweet little pussycat lips!
Pussycat, pussycat
I love you
Yes, I do!
You and your pussycat lips!
You and your pussycat eyes!
You and your pussycat nose!


....and now everybody: Pussycat, Pussycat......

Hey, C.J. As I told Reyn, I'm dense, but suddenly an AHA (cognitive insight) will flash on my collective unconsciousness, and there will appear my avatar. If it's fuzzy, just consider it to be done by an impressionist.

Like your pussy cat song. You and those pussy cat eyes.

Letty,

"Rear Window" was the Hitchcock movie with James Stewart and Grace Kelly.

c.j. : does your dog responds to rattling of plates or pots and pans in the kitchen ?
if i'm out in the garden with the dogs and they hear mrs h rattling around in the kitchen or if the kitchen exhaust goes on they are off like a shot - wanting to get into the kitchen.
but try to give them some kibble and they turn their noses up ! ebeth has a hard time getting them used to regular dog-food after they've spent a few days with us - they usually go on a hunger-strike for a day or two and give her dirty looks ! hbg

Haha, that's cute hamburger. Actually, the minute someone
goes into the kitchen, the dog follows us, and starts begging.
Mostly he succeeds. He's such a spoiled little one

seaglass, I missed your message, honey. Well, my husband loved Nat Cole when he had the King Cole Trio, especially the way he played piano. My mother adored him as well.

Today has not been too good because I am having some stress pain.

Hey, how about one of those oldies of Nat's that Bud loved:




Straighten Up And Fly Right



A A7 D F7
A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air,

A F# F#m7 F7 E7
The monkey thought that ev' - ry - thing was on the square.

A A7 D F7
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off of his back,

A F#m F#m7 Bm7-5 E9
But the monkey grabbed his neck and said, "Now list - en, Jack.



Refrain:


A6 D6
"Straighten up and fly right,

A6 Bm7-5 E9
Straighten up and fly right,

A6 D6
Straighten up and fly right, --

A6 F9 E9
Cool down, Papa, don't you blow your top.

A6 D6 A6 Bm7-5
Ain't no use in divin', what's the use in drivin'?

A6 D6
Straighten up and fly right, --

A6 F#M E9 E7 A6
Cool down, Papa, don't you blow your top."



Bridge:


C#7
The buzzard told the monkey, "You are chokin' me;

F#7 F#9 G9 F#9
Release your holt and I will set you free."

B9
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye,

B7 E9 Bm7-5 F9 E9
And said, "Your story's so touchin' it sounds just like a lie."



Repeat Refrain:

letty : perhaps this song will cheer you up !
we can always dream - even though the snow is flying here - we're dreaming of may and springflowers ! hbg
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The Green Bushes

As I was a walking one morning in May
To hear the birds whistle and see the lambkins play
I espied a young damsel, so sweetly sang she
Down by the green bushes where she chanced to meet me
2. "Oh why are you loitering here, pretty maid?"
"I am waiting for my true love," softly she said
"Shall I be your true love and will you agree
Down by the green bushes to tarry with me?"

3. "I will give you fine beavers and fine silken gowns
I will give you smart petticoats flounced to the ground
I will give you fine jewels and live just for thee
If you'll leave your own true love and marry with me"

4. "I want none of your beavers or fine silken hose
For I'm not so poor as to marry for clothes
But if you be constant and true unto me
I'll leave my own true love and marry with thee"

5. "Come let us be going, kind sir, if you please
Come let us be going from under these trees
For yonder is coming, my true love I see
Down by the green bushes where he thinks to meet me"

6. And when he came there and found she was gone
He looked very foolish and cried quite forlorn
"She's gone with a lover and forsaken me
And left the green bushes where she vowed to meet me"

ah, hamburger, I'm not sad, honey, but thank you. The stress comes from having to do so much paper work. I HATE IT! That song was delightful and fit perfectly with the melody to Sweet Betsy from Pike.

Well, listeners, we have had all of our friends here today, and that is the intention of our little radio station.

Walter is engaged in doing research, so he hardly has time to be with us. We know that he is all right, and that is the main thing.

sorry about the stress letty, one should take time to relax, something two brittish bands know all about

Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
Queen

I go out to work on Monday morning
Tuesday I go off to honeymoon
I'll be back again before it's time for sunnydown
I'll be lazing on a Sunday afternoon

Bicycling on every Wednesday evening
Thursday I go waltzing to the Zoo

I come from London town
I'm just an ordinary guy
Fridays I go painting in the Louvre

I'm bound to be proposing on a Saturday night
(There he goes again)
I'll be lazing on a Sunday, lazing on a Sunday
Lazing on a Sunday afternoon


Sunny Afternoon
Kinks

The tax man's taken all my dough,
And left me in my stately home,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
And I can't sail my yacht,
He's taken everything I've got,
All I've got's this sunny afternoon.

Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Leave this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime

My girlfriend's run off with my car,
And gone back to her ma and pa,
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
Now I'm sitting here,
Sipping at my ice cold beer,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.

Help me, help me, help me sail away,
Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay.
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly,
Leave this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime

Ah, save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime

letty handling her paperwork

oops, flipped the wrong switch, folks.

Thanks dj. Your "lazy" song reminded me of Me and Bobby McGee:

Busted flat in baton rouge, headin' for the trains,
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,
Took us all the way to new orleans.
Took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
And was blowin' sad while bobby sang the blues,
With them windshield wipers slappin' time and
Bobby clappin' hands we finally sang up every song
That driver knew.

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose,
And nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free,
Feelin' good was easy, lord, when bobby sang the blues,
And buddy, that was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my bobby mcgee.

From the coalmines of kentucky to the california sun,
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul,
Standin' right beside me through everythin' I done,
And every night she kept me from the cold.
The somewhere near salinas, lord, I let her slip away,
She was lookin' for the love I hope she'll find,
Well I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday,
Holdin' bobby's body close to mine.

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose,
And nothin' left was all she left to me,
Feelin' good was easy, lord, when bobby sang the blues,
And buddy, that was good enough for me.
Good enough for me and bobby mcgee.

Sung by Janis Joplin; written by Kris Kristorferson

Oh, my Gawd, hamburger. Believe it, that looks exactly like my make shift office that is in my kitchen. Love it!

breaking news:


Ex-President Carter: Eavesdropping Illegal By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press Writer
21 minutes ago



HENDERSON, Nev. - Former President Jimmy Carter criticized the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program Monday and said he believes the president has broken the law.



"Under the Bush administration, there's been a disgraceful and illegal decision ?- we're not going to the let the judges or the Congress or anyone else know that we're spying on the American people," Carter told reporters. "And no one knows how many innocent Americans have had their privacy violated under this secret act."

Carter made the remarks at a union hall near Las Vegas, where his oldest son, Jack Carter, announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate.

The former president also rebuked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for telling Congress that the spying program is authorized under Article 2 of the Constitution and does not violate the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act passed during Carter's administration. Gonzales made the assertions in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which began investigating the eavesdropping program Monday.

"It's a ridiculous argument, not only bad, it's ridiculous. Obviously, the attorney general who said it's all right to torture prisoners and so forth is going to support the person who put him in office. But he's a very partisan attorney general and there's no doubt that he would say that," Carter said. "I hope that eventually the case will go to the Supreme Court. I have no doubt that when it's over, the Supreme Court will rule that Bush has violated the law."

The former president said he would testify before the Judiciary Committee if asked.

Mister Trouble never hangs around
When he hears this Mighty sound.

"Here I come to save the day"

That means that Mighty Mouse is on his way.
Yes sir, when there is a wrong to right
Mighty Mouse will join the fight.
On the sea or on the land,
He gets the situation well in hand.

edgar, are you inferring that Mighty Mouse and Jimmy Carter are one and the same?

Gorsh, folks. I always thought that Jimmy and this guy were twins: