At school we learnt the words of Funiculi Funicular. We sang it with gusto. The words of the first verse often come back to me all these years later. J.T.

Some think the world is made
For fun and frolic and so do I! And so do I!
Some think it well to be all melancholic
To pine and sigh, to pine and sigh
But I, I love to spend my time in singing
Some joyous song, some joyous song
To set the air with music bravely ringing
Is far from wrong, is far from wrong
Listen! Listen! Music sounds afar
Listen! Listen! joy is everywhere,
funiculi funicula!