It's Ivor the Engine's anniversary.

I love all the Smallfilms.
Ivor is so much pleasanter than the tank engine that got all the marketing.

#PostgateAndFirmin

Yesterday was the day that I learned that the cleaning and fixing song sung by the mice in #Bagpuss is the tune of "Sumer is icumen in", one of the oldest surviving songs in English.

Not from someone stating the fact. But from hearing the tune of "Sumer is icumen in" and thinking to myself: Hold on! I recognize that from somewhere.

It took a minute or so of humming before I placed it.

♪ We will wash it.
♪ We will splosh it.
♪ Lhude sing cuccu!
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=70mYx9taZF0&list=PLhfsSojYbUarSWWMIytPPLnxG798ZAsGK&index=20

#SumerIsIcumenIn #PostgateAndFirmin #SandraKerr #JohnFaulkner