Whilst I'm supportive of live music and buskers in general, it has come to my notice that the people who get their musical instruments out on Cornmarket to try and earn a few quid from the hordes of tourists swarming the streets of Oxford at this time of year, cater rather more for passers-by than for the people working in nearby shops and offices who have to sit and listen to them all day: the most extensive repertoire among them consists of three tunes. I've also discovered that Amazing Grace and Scotland the Brave, lovely melodies though they are, stay stubbornly lodged in one's brain after they've been on repeat from 9 til 5. And I've nothing against Pachelbel, but if I hear his Canon one more time I think I'll shove it.....
Ahem. Oh well, at least the man selling the squeaky bird toys is on his day off, and the weather's getting better.
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Two songs? Now why didn't we think of that?
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