Yes, I know, I missed the Vernal Equinox the other day. Don’t freak out! Today (March 25) is the traditional New Year’s Day in England and Wales (until 1751, anyway). And you Tolkien fans know that a certain hobbit and a certain Gollum were struggling on a precipice within the vaults of Mount Doom on March 25 too. (Why do you think Tolkien chose that particular date? Duh!)
I don’t know if you’re familiar with Anna Russell. She was a perfectly wonderful comedienne (she passed away, sadly, in 2006), a trained singer who did hysterical routines in which she sang and played the piano and commented on art and politics and society in this wonderful Margaret Dumont country-club voice.
Here is one of her imitation-English folk songs: “Oh How I Love The Spring.”
Enjoy it.
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