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THE HONEYBEE AND THE THISTLE op.366 (July 1986)

SONG TO CELEBRATE THE WEDDING OF PRINCE ANDREW AND SARAH FERGUSON
Published by: Highbridge Music Ltd
Instrumentation: Treble,children's choir,tub.bells,hp,pno
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Note on Lyrics: Lyrics by Ted Hughes, poet lauriate
Duration: 5 mins
First Performance: The Terry Wogan Show, BBC TV, Aled Jones, Finchley Children’s Choir, Howard Blake (piano), David Snell(harp) and Gary Kettel (tubular bells) July 1986.
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Notes

A wedding-day song specially written by Ted Hughes as Poet Laureate to celebrate the wedding of The Duchess of York.

Related Autobiography Chapters

Royal wedding,Benedictus, Month in the Country,Canterville Ghost, Granpa (1986)

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