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The Wandering Harper

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26. "but my heart it was stolen by a pair of brown thighs"

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 10:04 PM

Nov 18

this stanza from Shane MacGowan's singing of The Limerick Rake

in Euclid and grammar they taught me to write
but my heart it was stolen by a pair of brown thighs
she came from the mountains, her stockings were white
I'd love to be tied to her garter

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What song/songs puts you in a good mood? [View all] debm55 Nov 18 OP

Too many to list ItsjustMe Nov 18 #1

Oh you.Thank you , ItsjustMe debm55 Nov 18 #3

Beach Boys The Wizard Nov 18 #2

Thank you The Wizard. debm55 Nov 18 #4

Any Tom Petty! Ziggysmom Nov 18 #5

Thank you Ziggysmom. I miss him too. debm55 Nov 18 #6

These two for sure FoxNewsSucks Nov 18 #7

HAHHA thank you very much, FoxNewsSucks. debm55 Nov 18 #9

Had never heard that Dan Hartman Instant Replay before... dwayneb Nov 18 #18

I Can See Clearly Now catbyte Nov 18 #8

Thank you catbyte. Love that song. debm55 Nov 18 #10

Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger LoisB Nov 18 #11

Thank you LoisB. Great selection. debm55 Nov 18 #12

Earth, Wind, and Fire always make me feel good Shambala Nov 18 #13

Thank you Shambala. Earth , Wind, and Fire always made me get up and dance. debm55 Nov 18 #14

Simon and Garfunkel some_of_us_are_sane Nov 18 #15

Joe Walsh justaprogressive Nov 18 #16

So many to choose from! Here's one that never fails... JoseBalow Nov 18 #17

YOW! That's an amazing Zappa perfromance dwayneb Nov 18 #19

I'm glad I'm not the only one here that awesome jam makes happy :) JoseBalow Nov 18 #44

Lang Johnnie Muir The Wandering Harper Nov 18 #20

this set of tunes on Catherine Ashcroft's uillean pipes The Wandering Harper Nov 18 #21

the silly lines in this otherwise kinda creepy song The Wandering Harper Nov 18 #22

Cooley's Reel played well on electric guitar The Wandering Harper Nov 18 #23

a silly and vulgar Shane MacGowan original The Wandering Harper Nov 18 #24

this tambourine The Wandering Harper Nov 18 #25

"but my heart it was stolen by a pair of brown thighs" The Wandering Harper Nov 18 #26

Got 2 Bruce Springsteen songs..Waiting on a Sunny Day and You Never Can Tell Deuxcents Nov 18 #27

these lines from Rocky Road to Dublin The Wandering Harper Nov 18 #28

"on these seventy-three keys of ivory and ebony I swear solemnly that I'll forever rock steadily" The Wandering Harper Nov 18 #29

Dancing in the Moonlight- King Harvest chicoescuela Nov 18 #30

ESCAPE! The Wandering Harper Nov 18 #31

Many Go-Tos for this. A couple of my most commonly used :) happybird Nov 18 #32

If 6 was 9 The Wandering Harper Nov 18 #33

Two that come to mind... subterranean Nov 18 #34

Linus & Lucy Cartoonist Nov 18 #35

Catfish Blues The Wandering Harper Nov 18 #36

Argybargy..... displacedvermoter Nov 18 #37

Heard Mussels at work tonight! johnp3907 Nov 18 #39

Anything that makes me feel like moving. Tapping my toes to full on dancing. Way too many to name. 😃 Lilithschyld Nov 18 #38

Duran Duran. Ordinary World yourout Nov 18 #40

Trash Man The Wandering Harper Nov 18 #41

Most Shonen Knife songs will do the trick! johnp3907 Nov 18 #42

Crystal Blue Persuasion CanonRay Nov 18 #43

Ah, one of my favorites waaay back then electric_blue68 Nov 19 #48

Paint it black WestMichRad Nov 19 #45

Most anything by Chuck Berry sorcrow Nov 19 #46

Roam/B-52s; City of Blinding Lights/U2 *joyfully energize* me... electric_blue68 Nov 19 #47