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Odysseus

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Funny thing happened the other day. I was on Skype and the ex was wittering on about something while my son sat there, sighing. Suddenly he put out his hand and clapped it over her mouth. 'Shut up, mummy; my turn now!' She was furious!  'How dare you!' she rasped, while my son blinked, demure and innocent. 'Are you going to do it again?'  He shook his head and she flounced off. 'Now, dad, tell me more about Odysseus.' I had to protest, a little, 'Harry, are you being naughty?' He stuck his tongue into his cheek and grinned, 'Odysseus, dad.' I'll give him one thing. He managed to keep her quiet for five seconds, which is more than I managed to do in five years. Kids these days...

Sir Charles Santley: Simon the Cellarer (1903)

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Himno de la República Española

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V lesu rodilas' yolochka (Russian Christmas Song)

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Nellie Melba: Auld Lang Syne (1905)

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Kings College Cambridge: God rest ye Merry, Gentlefolk (2008)

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A las barricadas

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Johnny Cash: The Ballad of Ira Hayes

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Conchita Supervía: La Paloma

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Woody Guthrie: Do Re Mi

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To be heard with Sacco & Vanzetti :

The Dubliners: the British Army (with thanks to Reine)

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Perhaps a response to Spanish Ladies

Shalyapin: Nightingale 1913 Соловей ШАЛЯПИН

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Yma Sumac - Chuncho

Gómez Naharro: Bella ciao

Johnny Cash & June Carter - Long Legged Guitar Pickin' Man

¡Ay Carmela!

Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger - Derek Bentley

Sacco and Vanzetti: Woody Guthrie & David Rovics