Old hits of Ceylon

Some more old hits. Click on each underlined webaddress with your internet access on to listen to the.

Mal bada himidiriye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX2B2msiPEQ&feature=related

Mee amba wanaye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHsZOjry5uA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYD67lZjMK0&feature=related

Pin siduvenney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoVxRipdMb4&feature=related

Lo ada nindey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mxrH9ZUxlg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rqu5AW1ahU&feature=related

Ruhu Yaapane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOblIurtU8&feature=related

Irene Josephine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWYL6SO2JAo&feature=related

Wada kaha sudiya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heGdzj7LneA&feature=related

Siripadey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_XBdunM2hk&feature=related

Kimeda Nawe

Lovely song of a few decades ago. Click on the lead below and sing or hum along after listening once.
Philip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=bmB91XkUMZA

Railway incident in Sri Lanka

Railway incident in Sri Lanka. Watch the video to the end. Note the victim walking home with a limp. Idalgashinna is next to Ohiya the highest point of the railway line in Sri Lanka. It is a very cold place with a lot of tea estates around. Click on the link below and watch the action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq-pXqmZipI&NR=1


Philip

Excerpt from Milroy Paul Oration at The Sri Lanka College of Surgeons, by Dr.Yoheswaran.

Ken Griffin on the Hammond organ

You may remember we had a radiogramme in the male common room, at the Medical Faculty Colombo in the early 1960s. There was an LP record by Ken Griffin on the Hammond organ. This record gave us hours of pleasure. Here are a few pieces popular among us then.

Philip

The cuckoo waltz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhtHxPI3cxM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtwyY6hkC7M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYYsePaC2o4&feature=related

In the chapel in the moonlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwAa2Xg1BrE&feature=related

Cruising down the river

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU8B-M0GAd4&feature=related

Hi lili hi lili hi lo hi lo hi lo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WnGsSt_HwE&feature=related

Under the bridges of Paris

Under the bridges of Paris with you - Sous les ponts de Paris

One of the top hits of the early 1960s. Hear the silken voice of Eartha Kitt and another version of the song by Dean Martin.

Philip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Gig5460a8&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JTmemylszc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhe4hN8Mj0M&feature=related

Old Oldies of the 1960s

My Grandfather’s clock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=-U3YHsNrwtc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Sfv2KTFqU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ3Pre30meE&feature=related

Daisy, daisy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF-VwjPNLr0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZGzIG-YMXY&feature=related

There’s a tavern in the town

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFVqg-TqsoQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESi4FZ2udZs&feature=related