In re the Perils of Boat Travel: Sing a Song of Sixpence by Agatha Christie

All About Agatha Christie

Catherine Brobeck & Kemper Donovan

Tv & Film, Books, Film Reviews, Arts

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Hoo boy, this one's a bit of a doozy, in that the mystery is unfortunately light and our amateur detective is unfortunately creepy. Join us as we sing a song of sixpence... none the richer, that is. (No, but seriously: what *is* a milky twilight?)

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0:00.0	Welcome to all about Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and ranking every single
0:11.8	mystery novel written by the Queen of Crime.
0:15.0	Day Maga the Christie, I'm Catherine Brobeck and I'm Kemper Donovan.
0:20.0	And this week we are doing a short story that is named for a nursery rhyme.
0:29.6	Sing a song of six pence, none the richer.
0:32.3	Oh no, you didn't go there.
0:35.0	Kiss me.
0:37.0	I love the bearded barley, lively, beside the green green grass. Does Sixpence None The Richer have any other songs?
0:47.0	There she goes.
0:50.0	There she goes.
0:51.0	There she goes again.
0:55.0	Kiss me.
0:57.0	Beneath the Milky Twilight.
1:00.0	Can twilight really be milky? I don't know what milky twilight looks like.
1:06.7	I don't know either. Is it like Milky Way as in the milky way?
1:10.3	Don't guess me. way.
1:18.0	I guess maybe you lift your open hands, strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
1:22.0	silver moon sparkling. Make the Fireflies Dance Silver Moon Sparkling.
1:27.0	Kiss me.
1:29.0	Anywho, and I don't think that's exactly what Christie was referencing with this title.
1:35.2	No.
1:36.2	All right, so publication history on this one, Sing A Song of Sixpence, was actually published
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