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As someone who's always found Bob Dylan amusing and kind of absurd, I guffawed (at 3 a.m.; scared the opossums) at Idle's startling transformation into ol 'Uncle Bobby, strummin' and harpin 'and bleatin' nearly incomprehensibly about Brian's theme of "Individuals."
Gregory Weinkauf: Not the Messiah: Monty Python Strikes Again! 2010
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I could rave up every song and moment, but editors are people too, so I'll just share three here: 1. As someone who's always found Bob Dylan amusing and kind of absurd, I guffawed at 3 a.m.; scared the opossums at Idle's startling transformation into ol' Uncle Bobby, strummin' and harpin' and bleatin' nearly incomprehensibly about Brian's theme of "Individuals."
Gregory Weinkauf: Not the Messiah : Monty Python Strikes Again! Gregory Weinkauf 2010
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As someone who's always found Bob Dylan amusing and kind of absurd, I guffawed (at 3 a.m.; scared the opossums) at Idle's startling transformation into ol 'Uncle Bobby, strummin' and harpin 'and bleatin' nearly incomprehensibly about Brian's theme of "Individuals."
Gregory Weinkauf: Not the Messiah : Monty Python Strikes Again! 2010
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"Then 'tis no use harpin '' pon it any more," said Joan; while Eve gave a sigh, concurring in what she said, both of them knowing well that if
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Various
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An 'when you're harpin' on the deep canyon that lies between Knowledge an 'Ignorance, it don't pay to forget that Politeness is a mighty easy bridge to rear, an' one that's always safe.
The Boy With the U. S. Foresters Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
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“She never was no musicianer, and I'd rather see her a-settin 'by my tub as she used to set when I was a-wringin' out the clothes from the suds, than to be up there a-harpin '.”
Memories and Anecdotes Sanborn, Kate, 1839-1917 1915
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"So the Cap'n be still harpin 'on that?" he said, "Miss Jinny, he's just plumb crazy on a pilot's qualifications."
The Crisis — Volume 05 Winston Churchill 1909
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"So the Cap'n be still harpin 'on that?" he said, "Miss Jinny, he's just plumb crazy on a pilot's qualifications."
The Crisis — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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"So the Cap'n be still harpin 'on that?" he said, "Miss Jinny, he's just plumb crazy on a pilot's qualifications."
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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"Why don't you keep harpin 'away on that the whole while?" she exclaimed.
A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen Hamlin Garland 1900
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