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  1. Why are seasonal winter songs called Christmas "Carols"? From a Cambridge University glossary of words from Chaucer:

    caroll, a song or daunce

    english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/haphaz

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  2. "Today we have naming of parts"

    Just heard this on the radio and it took me back to my school-days. We read this in class

    This may have been the poem that set me on course to becoming a writer. I love the interplay of the 'official' (the thing you're *supposed* to be doing) and the natural. It's subversive. It appealed to me as a 14 yr old

    #WordsAndMusic
    #BBCRadio3
    #NamingOfParts
    #HenryReed
    #poetry
    #poem

    solearabiantree.net/namingofpa

  3. "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" is a song performed by #AndyGibb, released in September 1977 as the second and final single from his debut album, #FlowingRivers. The song was his second single that topped the #USBillboardHot100. It was mainly written by #BarryGibb, with help from Andy Gibb. The B-side of this song was "#WordsAndMusic" in the US, but "Flowing Rivers" in the UK. It became a #goldRecord.
    youtu.be/mgZC1TAM6RM

  4. Trying not to pre-empt the playlist on the #Electricity #WordsAndMusic but I'm taking bets Beefheart won't make it.
    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0019sc6

  5. It is definitely ‘cold enough for snow’, and so we thought to share this novella with the appropriate title on this beautiful but cold 16 December with you:

    Au possess beautiful observational skills, close to a stream of consciousness, but contained within the lyrical rhythm of her sentences. It is a beautifully written, gentle description of a daughter’s visit to Japan together with her... (1/2)

    #snow #bookrecommendations #december #advent #literature #wordsandmusic @kirsten

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