Eva doesn't like me listening in on her chorus rehearsals, so I usually only catch the last 10 minutes or so.
Those minutes are spent on Sleigh Ride. I'd like to slay Leroy Anderson by now. I have three lines from the song running through my head on permanent loop. Not the whole song, naturally, which would be bearable. No, just from "pass around the coffee and the pumpkin pie" to "these wonderful things are the things we remember all through our lives".
The performance is on Tuesday. It's gonna be great, actually - the kids really are on tune, and they're doing their songs in parts and all that. But I want that song out of my head!
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Those minutes are spent on Sleigh Ride. I'd like to slay Leroy Anderson by now. I have three lines from the song running through my head on permanent loop. Not the whole song, naturally, which would be bearable. No, just from "pass around the coffee and the pumpkin pie" to "these wonderful things are the things we remember all through our lives".
The performance is on Tuesday. It's gonna be great, actually - the kids really are on tune, and they're doing their songs in parts and all that. But I want that song out of my head!
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Amazing Nurse Cat Comforts Other Sick Animals in Polish Animal Shelter
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A Portait of Ancient, Cosmopolitan London
Bizarre Ancient Sea Creature Was Well-Armed for Feeding
Ancient 'Mud Dragon' Worm Had Spiky Coat of Armor
It's Cheaper for Airlines to Cut Emissions Than You Think
Global carbon emissions growth slowed for third straight year to near-stall
A Washing Machine That Recycles Its Own Water
This Video Explains How You're Doing Your Laundry Wrong
A brief history of USB, what it replaced, and what has failed to replace it
Play Hundreds of Classic Games on This Retro Home Arcade
Tennessee’s half-mile-long spider web shows how little we know about our surroundings
How Railroad History Shaped Internet History
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Swapping The Street For The Orchard, City Dwellers Take Their Pick Of Fruit
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Drug driving suit mimics taking the wheel stoned
On concurrent surgeries
Could the Third Amendment be used to fight the surveillance state?
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