fiddle-de-dee

GIVEN their apparent reputation among the general public as fol-de-rol, fiddle-de-dee minstrels, it might seem strange to the uninitiated that Jethro Tull rock like maniacs.

Legendary pastoral proggies The Tull, led by Ian Anderson, plough their fiddle-de-dee furrowin the capital, drawing on their expansive classic songbook in the process.

WIDE-EYED toddlers were left open mouthed in awe when a gigantic King Fiddle-De-Dee traipsed around Cannon Hill Park for World Puppet Day.

Along with his namesake, the carrot-topped curmudgeon, he went fiddle-de-dee over the most ho-hum fiddle--faddle.

It opened on St Patrick's Day, of course, and sells whiskey and cold beer while fiddle-de-dee music tinklesaway in the background.

Hoppity Pop with its odd shapes and circus calliope music, the folkloric Fiddle-de-dee and La poulette grise and the experimental Loops still stand the test of time as do the marvellous jazz shorts Boogie-Doodle and Begone Dull Care which co-star, respectively, the pianistic talents of Albert Ammons and Oscar Peterson.

But, as Di would have liked to say in the remake: "Fiddle-de-dee! Tomorrow is another picture opportunity."