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Re: Byzantine Brokering by Byzantium
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 4 Oct 2001 17:12:42 GMT
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> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Mark Sandlin writes:
> > "James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > > I seem to recall my mother singing that silly song in some play many years
> > > ago.
> > Neat. I wonder what play it was to use They Might Be Giants songs...
> > Istanbul was Constantinople
> > Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople
> > So if you've a date in Constantinople
> > She'll be waiting in Istanbul.
> > (I'll confess just about my favorite rendition of this song was a silly
> > music video by Tiny Toons)
> Actually the song is much older than They Might Be Giants. I can't seem
> to find the original credits at the moment. I'll try to find something
> later on.
Original credit given as "written by J. Kennedy and N. Simon, published by
Chappell & Co. ASCAP"...that from the liner notes of "Severe Tire Damage"
(couldn't find my copy of "Flood" anywhere)...dated 1953 according to
http://www.mudslide.net/TMBG/Albums/tmbg-fl.html
Matt
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