[EMAIL PROTECTED] scripsit: > When I was a kid, my family had a 45 with a song called "CQ Serenade" > (I've no idea who the performer was, but it was recorded c. 1960). I think > our neighbor, who had a ham radio, gave it to us. The refrain went, "Dadit > dadit, dadaditdah. Dadit dadit, dadaditdah. What do you hear over the air? > The CQ Serenade." Same pronunciation.
The CQ Serenade came out in 1951. MP3 and RealAudio versions, in English, French, and wordless, can be downloaded from http://www.kippax.demon.co.uk/. The composer is given as VE2QS, and the lyricists as VE2BR (English) and F9KT (French). French lyrics online at http://www3.sympatico.ca/ddufault/cq-serenade/cq-serenade.htm . English lyrics don't appear to be online as yet. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Any legal document draws most of its meaning from context. A telegram that says 'SELL HUNDRED THOUSAND SHARES IBM SHORT' (only 190 bits in 5-bit Baudot code plus appropriate headers) is as good a legal document as any, even sans digital signature." --me
