It is a bit! We could do it an octave or so apart from opposite ends of the pub if you like. What are you drinking Blod?

I'll 'ave a shandy if you would be so kind. Ta darlin'. I'll go dahn the end an' sing me low notes then shall I?

Large shandy coming up. You go down to that end and we can antiphon it.

We can do what wiv it swee'eart??

'Ere Add!! You gotta noo pair of sun dials on ya feet, or are they somebody elses??!!

You sing it from one end and I'll sing it from t'other.
If you forget the words just sing "My Old Man's a Dustbin". They seem to fit most tunes.
Want another shandy? Don't let Eddie have any beer. He is awfully unsteady on his hooves after just a few drops.
Those shoes arent sundials Lidd. They are genuine gypsy shoes. I got them yesterday from a seller in exchange for a sketch of her horse. Nice pink colour aren't they?

That's what ya said in the first place innit Add? I'll go dahn the end then...I'll just 'ave me uvver shandy first though..ta darlin'.

I loves ya noo shoes Add. You's gonna give us a gypsy dance then are ya Add, ay Add. Go on then Add, give us a tipsy gypsy dance, I'll dare ya go on then Add.

I'll bash out a gypsy toon for you's... "My Old Mans a Dustbin in the summertime. In the winter he's a lump of Edelweiss. At night he's the moonlight so sweaty and pale.."

I'll do my Czardas if you can bash that out. If I dance as well I will probably fall over!

How lovely...

Czardas? Sahnds like an illness luvvy.

'Ello Joannie. Like me singin' do ya's? Glad somebody appresheates me efforts. Where ya bin then? We no closer to you's now than we were this time sixty year ago..

Are we ever gonna get ta see Josey then Add? Are we Add? Get yaself up orf the floor..you's makin' a show of ya bloomers self...

I've been at the beach Liddy - had a barbie queue . Then I went to see me old Granny (still alive and kicking she is ). But now I'm back, and watching those lovely Joseph's on the telly.
Your singing's lovely dear...not at all cat-like.

Sorry been rescuing a yound damsel in distress, Good job these ruby slipper things work. Now where abats in Scotland are we? ...and where is the nearest distillery?

Your Grannie Greenie? She must be a hundren and fifty years old if she's a day! (Silly old bat probably means her next door neighbour!)
I warned you that I'd fall over if i tried to dance Lidd. Play the introduction again if you will and I'll start again. Then we'll swap and you can sing that Edelweed song if you like.

Oooh, are you coming too?

Eek, more cakes to make, sigh...

Don't know where you are Summat Else, but Lidd and I are in the pub in Appleby. May may be on her way. Then we are going to take the ponies up north to see Greenie in Scotland. Liddy wants to walk though, after a nasty moment with a horse yesterday.

Right... click heels three times now at pub in appleby. Mine's a pint of the Landlord's finest please. I'll ride Liddies horse... got the measure of it after the puddle. Unfortuntatley I've left the magic carpet with the young'uns

Ok darlin'.... "My old man's a dustbin......"...oooh dear you's over again are ya Add??

That Summat Else finks we's in Scotland! Stroof Add! I'm still in Appleberry fare or summink. Where are you then? I fink I'm lost Add...

"Somewhere beyond the sea...."... are we beyond the sea Add? Dunno...

We aren't lost Lidd, just slightly drunk! We didn't buy the daft horse Summat; we got Bertie and Plod, two nice quiet gypsy cob ponies and I have Eddie and Dobbin here too, thanks to Lavvy who decided to let them out at Leeds! You can have Eddie if you like. Tomorrow we head north.
Has anyone seen Great May recently? She was coming for a quiet drink too.

Here I am, sorry I'm late, had a bit of a virus
Are we riding or going on a magic carpet??
May.

Watcha Great May. I think that some of us are riding but the magic carpet could be more fun. I am not sure that four ponies will fit onto it though. Perhaps we had better ride! Are you going to join us in a song May? Lidd is bashing the piano.

I fink I lost the plot Add...

**Sits under piano knitting the skee daddle knife for Stuey**

Pack up your knickers in a plastic bag and grin, grin , grin.
While Liddy's singing, you'll agree with me, a din, din ,din.
May.

Ta May...you's a real pal ya reelly reelly are.

**Prods May with knitting needle..**

What are you on about knitting something for Stuey. Does he need drawers or something
May.

No lovey...I'm knittin' 'im a skee daddle knife ta stick dahn 'is socks. It's what they do in Scotty Land so I've 'eard. Funny innit?

Really Suppose he doesn't wear drawers anyway, being as he lives in Scotland and wears those skirty thingies. VERY tall Liddy, you'd need a stool to stand on dear
May in a naughty mood.

Maybeline!! Honestly!! Just do what I'm gonna do an' fall to the grahnd in a swoony faint type fing!!

Liddy...also being naughty XX

Nah...............think I'll just get on a stool and get on with it

May.

Get on with what???!!!!

Eddie and Dobbin have blushed and blocked their ears.

Stoopid 'orses....

I had better go to bed before I say something awful and get banned from the forums
May.

Spoilsport!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Night sweet XXX

Night night.
May. xx

Hello girls!

This is a very significant post for me, and so I thought it deserved to be in my favourite thread

Stewey can't be that tall, but I think the stool's a good idea May. Don't quite know what for, but hey! And Liddy, I'm sure a woolen knife will be of great use!

Scotland has prepared itself for your impending arrival, the army are on the border to chase you away to welcome you lovingly to our country...

Jeannie
xxxx

Oooh ta everso fer ya kind words darlin'. We you's favourites ay?? Bless ya swee'eart. Stewey's almost as tall as them telly graff poles, luvvy. May finks 'e's luvverly don't ya May? She's bin on the lookout for a fella for ages!!!

Your border colley type people don't frighten us none...we's just sing to 'em and they's be orf!!

Can't wait ta meet ya Jen hen!!

Liddy xxxxxxxxxxx

I wonder if he has a much younger brother...

Any ideas about what's happening tomorrow?

If we ever get movin' from this Apple berry place, we might get abaht free yards closer to Scotty Land, darlin'.

Who knows though ay??

That's true - and you're walking here aren't you Liddy?
Are you sure you wouldn't rather catch the train? That way you could scare the others by arriving first!

Jeannie (who's had a little too much punch this evening!)

Rise and shine girls! Well, try rise at least. Ponies are ready tacked up and waiting and Eddie is a packed packhorse.. I'll ride my faithful old Dobbin and Plod and Bertie are just awaiting their riders now. Get yourselves on board and we'll be off.

May climbs onto Bertie and Summat chooses Plod.

Are you sure that you want to walk Lidd?

Does Plod have an accellerator... or do I have to do something with me slippers... Good plod... you can go faster than wlk plod... gee-up....trot you silly nag... No not that way we're going to Scotland not Cornwall.

Yes, they all do fast if you want. Just say "trot on" followed a few paces later by "canter" and even the faithful, trusting Plod will move. He is called Plod because he is a relative of the famous Policeman's Horse from the Met, not because of his slow paces.

Trot on Dobbin. We'll soon be there at this rate. Is Eddie trotting along nicely too. What about Lidd. I think that she might prefer to ride now rather than jog alongside. She looks rather pink.

rescued the carpet gals, trot on plod... canter... now that's better.

Have you got a cushion Addy?? This saddle is a bit hard
Liddy, why are you on backwards, is it for the view or what?
How many weeks days will it take us to get to Scottyland then Addy.
Add, why are you in a gypsies' get-up?? Those earrings are so large, you could get a parrot swinging on them
May.

*Wanders round garden singing absent-mindedly, looking south over the hills*

I kept the gypsy clothes on because it is very hot and they are nice and cool, and also because I like them. They came from a real gypsy clothes stall in Appleby and I think that they suit my flamboyant personality. The earings are a bit big but they nake a great ariel for my personal radio. I've got Radio Cymru on at the moment because I am on it.
I haven't got a cushion but I do have a pack of dusters. Lidd can have those.
It won't take us long at this pace to get there. We are almost at the border already.
On our way Greenie fach!

Why are you on the radio Addy?? Here, turn your head a bit Add. That's better reception if you are hanging upsidedown dear
Are we going to stop for lunch any time soon ( ohhhhhhhhhhh my posterior )
May.

Because I am one of Wales' best known and loved singers of course May. Did you think that I would be on the radio equivilent of Crime watch?
Let's stop for grub at the next pub. I am quite hungry too. We can let the ponies have their nose bags for a while.

Pub??? Did someone mention pub. (Perks up immediately )
Crimewatch............I like that Add, all those men in uniforms
Gee up horsey.

Here's one. "The Haggis Hunter". That will suit us nicely. What would you all like? Cider all round? My treat as a result of all that sketching!

I'll only have the cider if its the real McCoy, otherwise a pint of bitter would go down much better.