A standard favourite read over and over again for generations.

jabberwocky by lewis carroll from the best nonsense verses chosen by josephine dodge dascum this librivox recording is in the public domain

twas brillig and the slithy toves did gair and gimble in the wave all mimsy were the borogoves and the moam wraths out grave beware the jabberwock my son the jaws that bite the claws that catch beware the jubjub bird and shun the frumious bandersnatch

he took his vorpal sword and hand long time the manxum foe he sought so rested he by the tumtum tree and stood a while in thought and as an office thought he stood the jabberwock with eyes of flame came whiffling through the tuggly wood and burbled as it came one two one two and through and through the vorpal blade went snicker snack he left it dead and with its head he went glumping back and hast thou slain the jabberwock come to my arms my beamish boy oh fred just day clue clay he chortled in his joy

twas brillig and the slithy toes did gyre and gimble in the wave oh mimsy were the borogoves and the moam wraths out grave

of jabberwocky by lewis carroll recording by grace buchanan of weavergrace.com

A standard favourite read over and over again for generations.

jabberwocky by lewis carroll from the best nonsense verses chosen by josephine dodge dascum this librivox recording is in the public domain

twas brillig and the slithy toves did gair and gimble in the wave all mimsy were the borogoves and the moam wraths out grave beware the jabberwock my son the jaws that bite the claws that catch beware the jubjub bird and shun the frumious bandersnatch

he took his vorpal sword and hand long time the manxum foe he sought so rested he by the tumtum tree and stood a while in thought and as an office thought he stood the jabberwock with eyes of flame came whiffling through the tuggly wood and burbled as it came one two one two and through and through the vorpal blade went snicker snack he left it dead and with its head he went glumping back and hast thou slain the jabberwock come to my arms my beamish boy oh fred just day clue clay he chortled in his joy

twas brillig and the slithy toes did gyre and gimble in the wave oh mimsy were the borogoves and the moam wraths out grave

of jabberwocky by lewis carroll recording by grace buchanan of weavergrace.com

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The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll Free Kids' Books Public Domain

the hunting of the snark extracts by lewis carroll from the best nonsense verses chosen by josephine dodge dascum this librivox recording is in the public domain

come listen my men while i tell you again the five unmistakable marks by which you may know wheresoever you go the warranted genuine snarks let us take them in order the first is the taste which is meager and hollow but crisp like a coat that is rather too tight in the waist with a flavor of will of the wisp its habit of getting up late you'll agree that it carries too far when i say that it frequently breakfasts at five o'clock tea and dines on the following day the fourth is its fondness for bathing machines which it constantly carries about and believes that they add to the beauty of scenes a sentiment open to doubt the fifth is ambition it next will be right to describe each particular batch distinguishing those that have feathers and bite from those that have whiskers and scratch for although common snarks do no manner of harm yet i feel it's my duty to say some are boojums the bellman broke off an alarm for the baker had fainted away they roused him with muffins they roused him with ice they roused him with mustard and crafts they roused him with jam and judicious advice they set him conundrums to guests when at length he sat up and was able to speak his sad story he offered to tell and the bellman cried silence not even a shriek and excitedly tingled his bell there was silence supreme not a shriek not a scream scarcely even a howl or a groan as the man they called ho told his story of woe in an antediluvian tone my father and mother were honest though poor skip all that cried the bellman and haste if it once becomes dark there's no chance of a snark we have hardly a minute to waste i skip forty years said the baker in tears and proceed without further remark to the day when you took me aboard of your ship to help you in hunting the snark a dear uncle of mine after whom i was named remarked when i bait him farewell oh skip your dear uncle the bellman exclaimed as he angrily tingled his bell he remarked to me then said the mildest of men if your snark be a snark that is right fetch it home by all means you may serve it with greens and it's handy for striking a light you may seek it with thimbles and seek it with care you may hunt it with forks and hope you may threaten its life with a railway share you may charm it with smiles and soap but oh bemish nephew beware of the day if your snark be a boojum for then you will softly and suddenly vanish away and never be met with again it is this it is this that oppresses my soul when i think of my uncle's last words and my heart is like nothing so much as a bull brimming over with quivering curds and is this it is this we have heard that before the bellman indignantly said and the baker replied let me say it once more it is this it is this that i dread i engage with the snark every night after dark in a dreamy delirious fight i serve it with greens in those shadowy scenes and i use it for striking a light but if ever i met with a boojum that day in a moment of this i am sure i shall softly and suddenly vanish away and the notion i cannot endure the bellman looked offish and wrinkled his brow if only it's spoken before it's excessively awkward to mention it now with the snark so to speak at the door we should all of us grieve as you well may believe if you never were met with again but surely my man when the voyage began you might have suggested it then it's excessively awkward to mention it now as i think i've already remarked and the man they called hi replied with the sigh i informed you the day we embarked you may charge me with murder or want of sense we are all of us weak at times but the slightest approach to a false pretense was never among my crimes i said it...

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The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll Free Kids' Books Public Domain

the hunting of the snark extracts by lewis carroll from the best nonsense verses chosen by josephine dodge dascum this librivox recording is in the public domain

come listen my men while i tell you again the five unmistakable marks by which you may know wheresoever you go the warranted genuine snarks let us take them in order the first is the taste which is meager and hollow but crisp like a coat that is rather too tight in the waist with a flavor of will of the wisp its habit of getting up late you'll agree that it carries too far when i say that it frequently breakfasts at five o'clock tea and dines on the following day the fourth is its fondness for bathing machines which it constantly carries about and believes that they add to the beauty of scenes a sentiment open to doubt the fifth is ambition it next will be right to describe each particular batch distinguishing those that have feathers and bite from those that have whiskers and scratch for although common snarks do no manner of harm yet i feel it's my duty to say some are boojums the bellman broke off an alarm for the baker had fainted away they roused him with muffins they roused him with ice they roused him with mustard and crafts they roused him with jam and judicious advice they set him conundrums to guests when at length he sat up and was able to speak his sad story he offered to tell and the bellman cried silence not even a shriek and excitedly tingled his bell there was silence supreme not a shriek not a scream scarcely even a howl or a groan as the man they called ho told his story of woe in an antediluvian tone my father and mother were honest though poor skip all that cried the bellman and haste if it once becomes dark there's no chance of a snark we have hardly a minute to waste i skip forty years said the baker in tears and proceed without further remark to the day when you took me aboard of your ship to help you in hunting the snark a dear uncle of mine after whom i was named remarked when i bait him farewell oh skip your dear uncle the bellman exclaimed as he angrily tingled his bell he remarked to me then said the mildest of men if your snark be a snark that is right fetch it home by all means you may serve it with greens and it's handy for striking a light you may seek it with thimbles and seek it with care you may hunt it with forks and hope you may threaten its life with a railway share you may charm it with smiles and soap but oh bemish nephew beware of the day if your snark be a boojum for then you will softly and suddenly vanish away and never be met with again it is this it is this that oppresses my soul when i think of my uncle's last words and my heart is like nothing so much as a bull brimming over with quivering curds and is this it is this we have heard that before the bellman indignantly said and the baker replied let me say it once more it is this it is this that i dread i engage with the snark every night after dark in a dreamy delirious fight i serve it with greens in those shadowy scenes and i use it for striking a light but if ever i met with a boojum that day in a moment of this i am sure i shall softly and suddenly vanish away and the notion i cannot endure the bellman looked offish and wrinkled his brow if only it's spoken before it's excessively awkward to mention it now with the snark so to speak at the door we should all of us grieve as you well may believe if you never were met with again but surely my man when the voyage began you might have suggested it then it's excessively awkward to mention it now as i think i've already remarked and the man they called hi replied with the sigh i informed you the day we embarked you may charge me with murder or want of sense we are all of us weak at times but the slightest approach to a false pretense was never among my crimes i said it...

Chat and tunes every day from Royal Clarence.
The presenter is currently isolated so we discuss loneliness today.

Chat and tunes every day from Royal Clarence.
The presenter is currently isolated so we discuss loneliness today.

My new private school is being set up today on Patreon for students who like one to one videos and more in depth teaching of piano and cello.

hello little tail tellers and beginner musicians welcome to the tale tenner club now i've just launched my wonderful wonderful new music school over at patreon it's linked to the podcasts which of course are linked to youtube but you will have to sign up but it's only ten pounds a month two pounds fifty a week it's nothing and when you think that a one-to-one private lesson with me is um well anywhere from 15 to 20 pounds really and per week then you start to think oh that's actually quite cheap and it's pretty affordable isn't it now listen when you sign up for my patreon you get all the videos you get um the opportunity to message me and i can message you back we can have a discussion i'll accept your videos even you can send me a video about how you're doing and if you want to book one-to-one lessons via zoom or skype we can do that too but the point of the patreon really is that you sign up and you can have access to my daily broadcasts and videos so that audios and videos lots of tips lots of tools lots of really useful things backing tracks for example and i'm a cellist and a pianist but i'm also a composer so i'm going to give you lots of advice also about producing your music how to record it etc so i do hope you consider signing up with me it's a fantastic way to learn and look we can we can work through any of your examination projects i'm working with suzuki students and i'm working with abrsm students and guess what we're also doing the jazz abrsm course which is really really exciting i'm going to do bedford blues in a minute so it's all rather thrilling actually and i do hope you can join me over there and if not carry on with the podcasts and they're on uh youtube as well you can get them free on youtube and you can get them free on um or well itunes spotify all of these places but they're just uh a sample really of what we do in the actual lessons on patreon can you hear i've got a cold i'm getting a bit of laryngitis i'm not sure i'll be able to talk too much today so i'd better go and have a rest but guess what there are lots of stories over at the telltale kids podcasts so if you've been playing music all day long and you want a little bit of a rest why don't you pump up the cushions and sit back and listen to some of our public domain stories

My new private school is being set up today on Patreon for students who like one to one videos and more in depth teaching of piano and cello.

hello little tail tellers and beginner musicians welcome to the tale tenner club now i've just launched my wonderful wonderful new music school over at patreon it's linked to the podcasts which of course are linked to youtube but you will have to sign up but it's only ten pounds a month two pounds fifty a week it's nothing and when you think that a one-to-one private lesson with me is um well anywhere from 15 to 20 pounds really and per week then you start to think oh that's actually quite cheap and it's pretty affordable isn't it now listen when you sign up for my patreon you get all the videos you get um the opportunity to message me and i can message you back we can have a discussion i'll accept your videos even you can send me a video about how you're doing and if you want to book one-to-one lessons via zoom or skype we can do that too but the point of the patreon really is that you sign up and you can have access to my daily broadcasts and videos so that audios and videos lots of tips lots of tools lots of really useful things backing tracks for example and i'm a cellist and a pianist but i'm also a composer so i'm going to give you lots of advice also about producing your music how to record it etc so i do hope you consider signing up with me it's a fantastic way to learn and look we can we can work through any of your examination projects i'm working with suzuki students and i'm working with abrsm students and guess what we're also doing the jazz abrsm course which is really really exciting i'm going to do bedford blues in a minute so it's all rather thrilling actually and i do hope you can join me over there and if not carry on with the podcasts and they're on uh youtube as well you can get them free on youtube and you can get them free on um or well itunes spotify all of these places but they're just uh a sample really of what we do in the actual lessons on patreon can you hear i've got a cold i'm getting a bit of laryngitis i'm not sure i'll be able to talk too much today so i'd better go and have a rest but guess what there are lots of stories over at the telltale kids podcasts so if you've been playing music all day long and you want a little bit of a rest why don't you pump up the cushions and sit back and listen to some of our public domain stories

Sarnia presents archival jazz and blues for Royal Clarence each day.
Pine Top Smith
I'm Sober Now
Written by Clarence "Pine Top" Smith (1904 - 1929)
Performed by Pine Top Smith (talking and singing with piano)
Recording date: n/a
Cat Number: Brunswick 80009 (78B)
Duration: 03'11"
License: Public Domain

Sarnia presents archival jazz and blues for Royal Clarence each day.
Pine Top Smith
I'm Sober Now
Written by Clarence "Pine Top" Smith (1904 - 1929)
Performed by Pine Top Smith (talking and singing with piano)
Recording date: n/a
Cat Number: Brunswick 80009 (78B)
Duration: 03'11"
License: Public Domain