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old radio shows that have songs you never hear again

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grizelda Sat 16-May-20 12:17:22

I'm trying to remember all the words of a song I heard on a comedy show in the 1950s. All the shipping forecasts were sung to the tunes of popular opeas. The only words I remember are SOUTH CONES HAVE BEEN HOISTED.......BUT ITS BRIGHT NEARLY EVERY NIGHT ROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHT. Another one was ROCKALL AND FINISTERRE SOUTHALL AND CROMARTY,

I'm driving myself batty trying to remember; I think it was printed once in the Radio Times

dragonfly46 Sat 16-May-20 12:19:54

books.google.co.uk/books?id=y68fr7kEgtEC&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq=SOUTH+CONES+HAVE+BEEN+HOISTED.......BUT+ITS+BRIGHT+NEARLY+EVERY+NIGHT+AROUND+THE+ISLE+OF+WIGHT&source=bl&ots=cKztN6PNIp&sig=ACfU3U0ZUKLTk_TwFNUKUxB62uTWBa4ogg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5s4HHobjpAhVHZMAKHZ0uDCQQ6AEwAHoECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=SOUTH%20CONES%20HAVE%20BEEN%20HOISTED.......BUT%20ITS%20BRIGHT%20NEARLY%20EVERY%20NIGHT%20AROUND%20THE%20ISLE%20OF%20WIGHT&f=false

dragonfly46 Sat 16-May-20 12:20:18

I put the words in Google!

tanith Sat 16-May-20 12:22:05

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7GOMK50zbg

Is this the one grizelda

grizelda Sun 17-May-20 17:30:16

Hi Tanith

No, sorry - that's the meistersingers doing a chant. Thanks anyway

grizelda Sun 17-May-20 19:03:17

Thanks Dragonfly46. That's made my day. I had thought it might have been Round the Horne, but you've cracked it!! I remember the second verse was to the tune of Moonlight and Melody which we used to sing at school.Thanks a lot