Wednesday, December 06, 2023

Bromfords of the Kollobita´´rtainnen - Part 6

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"Bromford (Not Constantinople)"

Bromford was Constantinople
Now it's Bromford, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Bromford, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Bromford

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Bromford (Bromford)
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Bromford (Bromford)

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

Bromford was Constantinople
Now it's Bromford, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo, doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Bromford!



The man the helmsman called Captain Hammock is looking around his ship with wild, shining eyes.

»Even my cabin boy left? Innisfree? Where is Innisfree? «

»Last time I looked«, the helmsman, the captain called Mr. Wiker earlier, answers, »the ship's cook Mr. Tummy, was still in his galley. «

Next, the captain sees us six, Mr. Tumbleweed, Sideburns, Kylie, Nigel, the llama and me, standing, leaning or crawling on his ship.

»Who in Neptune's name are you figures? I haven't seen you on my ship before! Stowaways! Stowaways! «

Another hard gust of wind makes the ship heel over to the port side.

»What makes you think that it isn't starboard? « the llama asks next to me. »And don't think I didn't notice what you tried to do with the name Innisfree there. «

»Can you figures sail a ship? « Captain Hammock is addressing us, but none of us can, not even the faun.

»That's what I thought. So, you stowaways are useless! Wiker, bring them to the brig! I will take the wheel. «

And we all go under deck with the helmsman, happy to get out of the cold and cutting rain and saltwater.

Today is Wednesday, the 6th of December 2023.
St. Nicholas Day



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  1. ABWednesday, December 06, 2023 5:35:00 am

    Istanbul (without the help of google) 😃

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  2. Bromford BibbleWednesday, December 06, 2023 4:29:00 pm

    🤶🎅 Wonder what gave it away... 😀
    Bromford (Not Bromford) ???
    They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

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  3. Das LamaSunday, December 10, 2023 9:27:00 am

    Second point for Istanbul (Not Constantinople).
    I have to correct some mistakes in my statistics as I can see...

    407 songs about 198 different cities (and places).

    *** New York IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (including Manhattan IIIII and Brooklyn III and Chelsea II and Harlem I and New Amsterdam I) ***

    Los Angeles IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (including Hollywood IIIIIIIIIIIII and West Hills I)
    London IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (including Chelsea III and Londinium I and Walthamstow I and Muswell Hill I and Richmond I and Soho I and Hampstead I)
    Hamburg IIIIIIIIIIIIIII (including St. Pauli III and Wilhelmsburg I and Altona I and Jenfeld I and Bahrenfeld I and Ohlsdorf I and Niendorf I)
    Berlin IIIIIIIIIII
    Babylon/Babel IIIIIIIIII (Pompeii is in this part of the list so...)
    Amsterdam IIIIIIII
    Memphis IIIIIIII
    Eden IIIIIII
    Jerusalem IIIIII
    San Francisco IIIIII
    Bethlehem IIIII
    Chicago IIII
    Warsaw IIII (including Warszawa I)
    Paris IIII
    Seattle IIII
    Las Vegas IIII
    New Orleans III
    Philadelphia III
    Manchester III
    Detroit III
    Houston III
    Baltimore III
    Moscow III
    Rome III
    Kansas City III
    Miami III
    Budapest II
    Hong Kong II
    Tijuana II
    Acapulco II
    Montréal II
    Galway II
    Washington II
    Barcelona II
    Belfast II
    Shanghai II
    Tulsa II
    Jupiter II
    Damascus II
    Vienna II
    Saint Malo II (also San Malo I)
    Jericho II
    Nashville II
    Black Mountain II
    Soma II
    Bangkok II
    Dallas II
    Berkeley II
    Istanbul II
    Malice I
    San José I
    Scarborough I
    Atlantic City I
    Pompeii I
    Waterloo I
    Pyongyang I
    Yarmouth I
    Santa Maria Da Feira I
    West Palm Beach I
    Cologne I
    Monterey I
    Starkville I
    Odessa I
    Tupelo I
    Leningrad I
    Fribourg I
    Montgomery I
    Folsom I
    Perth I
    Sanibel I
    Harrisburg I
    Gloucester I
    Calgary I
    Blackfield I
    Omaha I
    Gainesville I
    Santiago I
    Chernobyl I
    Grevenbroich I
    Brownsville I
    Mason City I
    Benton I
    San Jacinto I
    Cairo I
    Grafton I
    Nazareth I
    Aurora I
    Durango I
    Donkey Town I
    Key West I
    Laredo I
    Durban I
    Bowenville I
    Woodstock I
    Kalispell I
    El Dorado I
    Gaza I
    Oxford I
    Orléans I
    Kilronan I
    Santa Fe I
    Leicester I
    Saskatoon I
    Singapore I
    Poughkeepsie I
    Twin Falls I
    Greenwich I
    Ottawa I
    Red Lake I
    Sapokanikan I
    Tokyo I
    Guernica I
    Port I
    Sheffield I
    Skara Brae I
    Grantchester I
    Bingen I
    Columbia I
    Venice I
    Baghdad I
    Marquette I
    Salisbury I
    Birnam I
    Ramada I
    Putnam I
    Sterling I
    Pittsfield I
    Driftwood I
    Copenhagen I
    New Danville I
    New Paris I
    Muskegon I
    Metropolis I
    Sapporo I
    Johnsburg I
    St. Charles I
    Tipperary I
    Sherwood I
    Juno I
    Aberdeen I
    Margarita I
    Highland I
    Millbrook I
    Southampton I
    Central City I
    San Bernardino I
    Westfall I
    Buffalo I
    Guajira I
    Sarajevo I
    Zebulon I
    Asbury Park I
    St. Lawrence I
    Santa Monica I
    Mount Airy I
    Valparaiso I
    Jacksonville I
    Atlanta I
    Brighton I
    Galveston I
    Grenville I
    Oklahoma I
    Heartland I
    Sedan I
    Blanchard I
    San Malo I
    St. James I
    Saginaw I
    Ceylon City I
    Liverpool I
    Bristol I
    Vatican I
    Normal I
    Baton Rouge I
    Mansfield I
    Shiloh I
    Darlington I
    Halcyon I
    Lantana I
    Honolula I
    Roscoe I
    Knutsford I
    Pittsburgh I
    Indiana I
    Reno I
    Quantico I
    Syracuse I
    Innisfree I

    Not even really a (real) city or place:
    Jersey III
    California II
    Gomorrah II
    Essex II
    Albion I
    Idaho I
    Atlantis I
    Camelot I
    A City With No Name I
    Drywood I
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