I've got this ridiculous box of Christmas CDs - Christmas Crooners, Christmas Classics, Christmas Carols and Kids' Christmas - and the aforementioned melody is the first on the Christmas Classics CD.
I'm sure it has been used for a thousand adverts, for a thousand episodes of Antiques Roadshow and Songs of Praise, not to mention Highway, and I'm sure it has been used at a billion white weddings where the meringue has been dragged up the chilly aisle by one penguin and handed over to another and I'm sure old Handel would love it all.
I love it for its name, and for its sprauncy oboes, and its baroque charm. Also it's fun to do 'Air Violin' to.
I told Herself the other day that in a completely different life this would be what Small Brother dragged me down the aisle to - and then we both felt rather relieved that we could simply enjoy the nice tune from the comfort of our kitchen. No meringues necessary.
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aw - depriving me of the chance to buy a hat. and 'highway'? we are showing our age!
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