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01x09 - Sage's Singing Lesson

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Herbs". Aired: 12 February – 6 May 1968.*
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The Herbs consisted of a fantasy mix of human and animal characters inhabiting the magical walled garden of an English country estate.

01x09 - Sage's Singing Lesson

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parsley is a herb it can be used in all sorts of ways in soups and salads sauces

and stuffings it's the kind of herb you never Tire of some herbs like basil and

rosemary have a rather strong flavor and a little goes a long way D has a rather

interesting taste but you have to be careful not to use too many bay leaves

then there are herbs like nap weed and pasana B and solidago I don't think you've met Senor

solido he comes from Italy and he gives music lessons at least he tries to but it isn't always

easy it depends on who he's trying to teach for instance if it's someone like

Sage I think I better take you into the magic herb garden and show you what happened herb

acious Here Comes parsley hello

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parsley I'm a very friendly lion called parsley I am always very glad to see you

wave but please don't shout or speak to me too harshly because I'm not particularly

Brave

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it's even worse than I

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thought much worse

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no no no no no no not like that like this me me

me careful parsley I shouldn't go too far in if I were

you I'm a rather fat feathery owl called sage I'm using my wing to turn over the

page over for the wings for the wings of a dove printed in England by Newton Al

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printed in England by Newton and love I think he must have turned over too many pages At Once by mistake that's the name

of the people who printed the music Here Comes D I'm Dill the dog I'm

a dog called Dill though my tail I'd love to get I have never caught it yet

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o I tell you I heard it Rosemary was a hyena or a jackal or something nonsense

basil there aren't any hyenas in the herb garden hyenas are noisy creatures they howl and perhaps you were right

after all basil stand back I'll give it a blast with me g*n careful basil it

sounds to me more like a bird in some kind of pain you wouldn't want to sh**t a bird basil I tell you it's a good

gracious it's

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Sage that's you'll have to do something we can't have this sort of thing going on here what's going on oh begging your

pardon sir basil and Lady Rosemary I be looking for someone what threw a stone and broke my Greenhouse glass just now

that was no stone bay leaf that was Sage Sage oh I think you must be mistaken man

it weren't as big as that t a stone all right no no no bay leaf I didn't mean it was Sage himself

it was his voice his voice ma'am he's taking singing lessons bay leaf old sage

taking singing lessons well I'll

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be was that him I'm afraid so Baya is a terrible noise that is worse than a siren what's gone wrong is worse than

yes yes bay leaf the point is what are we going to do about it do are you r voice like that is past doing anything

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with a Happ it I'm going I can't stand here listen to that besides I've got my

green house to menend hello hello what's going on here ah you may well ask

Constable naweed you may well ask I've had complaints about strange noises and I've come to investigate

I am conable NEP weed and I keep Law and Order I watch to see that all is

well along the garden border morning s battle morning lady Rosemary I understand there have been

some going on in the herb garden this morning shrieks and moans screeches said to be coming from the

house of senior Doo it's my duty to

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investigate no no no not like that you sing from the chest not with your beak like

so my name let me say senor

solido sometimes I sing high and sometimes I sing low

if I am happy I sing

aligo sometimes I sing both in Bas and F

set Mama Mia now you have me at it that is enough for one day I cannot go on you must come back

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tomorrow I'm a rather fat feathery Al call Sage I'm practicing singing to go on the

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stage I sing all the scales and I know every word and everyone knows I have a voice like a

bird one year's lessons he has paid me for one year's lessons he wants to sing

in a Opera one year's lessons I warn you young fow

although warned the owl in question continued to make strange noises disturbing the peace we shall have to

watch points if he don't mend his ways he'll find himself spending the rest of his days in a place where he can sing to his

Arts content somewhere dark where no one else can be disturbed

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here try some of this is cotton wool if that don't do the trick nothing will oh wrck he needs a drop of oil on his beak

that's what he needs what a splendid idea don't you agree basil basil oh he reckon is a cotton wall lady Rosemary is

work in a treat he can't hear a thing oh well we must be thankful for

small mercies I suppose of course I expect his voice starts off all right same as anyone else's it's when it comes

out the trouble starts something to do with his beak I reckon or his throat I expect he could do with something for

his throat do you know where parley is D bed he hasn't gone to bed has

he bed up bed up

hi bed High pasana Betty of course why didn't I think of

that before I'm sure he'll be able to help let's follow D this should do the trick Mr

parsley I am hearing Mr Sage taking his singing lessons and I am saying he's needing something for his throat what he

is needing is a herb called his very good very magical also I'm saying

to myself how are we to give these to Mr Sage without upsetting him then I am

saying to myself if we put the seeds in my whistle pipe and blow them like

so all our problems will be over here you are Mr parsley take

care you you are wanting a magical hup seed too Mr

D good luck Mr Dill good luck Mr parley

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too that's good he seems to be eating them I should try some more for luck parsley

wait for

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it I'm a rather fat feathery Al called sage let me tell you I've never set foot in a

cage to be truthful I've not felt the slightest desire to be covered in Wood held together by

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wire I say basil listen to that huh what I said listen to that sorry Rosemary I

can't hear a thing for that blessed bird singing that's not a bird it's Sage

Sage why he sounds like a nighting gale what's come over him parsley come over here have you been giving Sage something

for his throat then I think you should be rewarded ah that he should I reckon he

should be rewarded handsomely here here what would you like as a reward parsley a ribbon for your man a special supper

how abouty a nice new better straw parsley you don't mean to say you

want to take singing lessons do you with Senor solido all right parsley one lesson

that's all just to see how you get on ah and he can't be worse than old sage nothing could be worse than

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that no no no we must try it

again oh dear I don't think singing is your strong point parsley I wouldn't like to say you're worse than

Sage on the other hand I certainly wouldn't like to say you're any better would you like one more

try all right

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then I'm a very friendly lion called parsley I had hoped my singing voice was

like a bell though I tried to sing so sweetly never harshly I'm afraid I didn't manage very

well that's better songs yes but scales

no I said scales no

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parsley I think we better say goodbye quickly before anyone Comes Goodbye parsley see you again soon

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