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Posted on 05/01/2026 4:45:26 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A performance of William Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 18'.David Gilmour - Sonnet 18 (William Shakespeare) | 2:56
David Gilmour | 1.34M subscribers | 232,000 views | June 2, 2023
Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
By William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date;
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
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05/01/2026 4:45:26 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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05/01/2026 4:47:18 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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Long before Shakespeare, there was Sumer Is Icumen In -- the oldest surviving song in the English language with music and lyrics both intact. But beneath its melody lies something more surprising: a hidden medieval joke that later generations tried to censor.
This video unpacks the song’s origins, lyrics, and the strange sense of humour that connects us to people from the England of 800 years ago. The oldest surviving song in English is not what I expected | 12:30
James Hargreaves Guitar | 113K subscribers | 54,632 views | October 29, 2025
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05/01/2026 4:58:14 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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05/01/2026 5:02:21 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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First Day Of May | 3:30
Frost - Topic | 240 subscribers | 9,739 views | October 6, 2014
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05/01/2026 5:09:07 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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[the singer's voice is nearly a dead ringer for Peter Bellamy's] A song inspired by the May Day celebrations at Padstow in Cornwall where an ancient "Obby 'Oss" has for centuries been paraded through town. The words and tune, by contemporary songwriter Dave Webber, have entered the folk tradition.Performed here by Magpie Lane and produced by Tim Healey.Magpie Lane - May Song | 3:09
Noonoo Baggins | 17.5K subscribers | 67,386 views | November 3, 2009
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05/01/2026 5:14:49 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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05/01/2026 5:16:15 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention. A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, and monarchs to behold the swelling scene. Then should the warlike Harry like himself, assume the port of Mars, and at his heels should Famine, Sword and Fire crouch for employment. The flat unraised spirits that have dared on this unworthy scaffold, to bring forth so great an object: Can this cockpit hold the vasty fields of France? Or may we cram within this wooden O', the very casques that did affright the air at Agincourt? Suppose within the girdle of these walls are now confined two mighty monarchies, whose high upreared and abutting fronts, the perilous narrow ocean parts asunder. Piece out our imperfections with you thoughts, into a thousand parts divide one man and make imaginary puissance; think when we talk of horses, that you see them: Printing their proud hooves in the receiving earth. For it is your thoughts, your thoughts that now must deck our kings!Mark Rylance's O! for a muse of fire
- Henry V - Prologue | 2:02
Fadi Abou Zeid | 49 subscribers | 99,765 views | November 2, 2013
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05/01/2026 5:24:51 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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05/01/2026 5:29:04 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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05/01/2026 5:35:14 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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05/01/2026 6:10:08 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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05/01/2026 6:40:16 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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05/01/2026 6:59:57 AM PDT
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OftheOhio
(never could dance but always could fight - Romeo company)
(a different recording of this tune was used in a Gantos commercial around the holidays, back when I was still a kid, and I'd whistled my, uh, arrangement for decades. I heard it again on the in-store music when I was in my, hmm, late 30s I guess, or early 40s, but still didn't know the name. By chance it turned up on a related vid on YT, under the name "Medieval Tune", about 15 years ago. Then I heard it in the Tudors soundtrack while watching the show, but I didn't find the credits info on it. Just now I tried a pretty specific search, and finally, after 50+ years of wondering, I know what it is!)Music used on The Tudors - S01E08
(Basse Dance 'Joussance Vous Donneray') | 3:02
HistoryGirl1989 | 1.48K subscribers | 33,033 views | September 25, 2011
The medieval en renaissance music used on Showtime original series 'The Tudors'. | Artist: Ensemble Anonymus | Title: Basse Dance 'Joussance Vous Donneray' | Album: A La Vie! Street music from the 13th to the 16th century | Composer(s): Claudin de Sermisy (1490-1562)
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05/01/2026 7:06:18 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: OftheOhio
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05/01/2026 7:17:47 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
It’ll be running through your head now, lol. One of my friends is making a killing selling off some of his old albums. I’m thinking about it.
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05/01/2026 7:32:26 AM PDT
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OftheOhio
(never could dance but always could fight - Romeo company)
To: SunkenCiv
What beautiful instruments, sigh. I so miss woodworking. My neighbor is here from North Carolina turkey hunting this week. I have a beautiful box call I made in 2001 waiting for him.
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05/01/2026 7:41:02 AM PDT
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OftheOhio
(never could dance but always could fight - Romeo company)
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