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3741. Adam and the Ants – Deutscher Girls

Adam And The Ants

Suggested by Colin in Barnsley

The Pied Piper, according to the story, was from Hamelin in Germany, so sticking with Germany…

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3740. Bob and Marcia – Pied Piper

Bob and Marcia

Suggested by Declan about 5 minutes away (by car) from Crewe

A pipe link…

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3739. Weezer – Hash Pipe

Weezer

Suggested by Snakey the playground inspector in Cornwall

Guillemots, eschewing the British English convention of using ‘no.’ as short for ‘number’, used the horrible American English style of ‘#’ instead. # is said out loud as ‘hash’, so from # to hash pipe…

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3738. Guillemots – Made-up Lovesong #43

Guillemots

Suggested by Elspeth from Eccles

From one type of bird, doves, to another…

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3737. Doves – Snowden

Doves

Suggested by Brendan just outside Mold, North Wales

Sleeping Gas is on the album Kilimanjaro so to another mountain, Snowdon, and this song which is a misspelling of it…

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3736. The Teardrop Explodes – Sleeping Gas

The Teardrop Explodes

Suggested by Peter on holiday in Benidorm

A sleep link…

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