Tag: street performance
Sog = Singing Organ-Grinder
Acronym of constant sorrow.
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Mechanical musical instrument invented for the 1851 London Great Exhibition by Henry Mayhew
He also coined “flaxen Saxon.” With other absurdities.
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Is the Cibber piper in the V&A a notorious plague-pit drunkard?
Featuring O du lieber Augustin, the Thomases Dekker and Middleton, Daniel Defoe and various disreputable beggars and foreigners.
Brenda strikes back
“Don’t waste your time on obscure contemporary composers, John,” she said.
¡A por los títeres!
La feria madrileña imita a Petruskha.
Barrel organ available for losing bettors on the Iowa caucuses
Exemplary punishments from the 1892 US presidential election.
