From Fiji To Tiree And The Isles Of Ebony

For 18 years, the author of these words has listened to Orinoco Flow by Enya. Only today does he realise what she is actually singing. The words include this near perfect verse:

"From Bissau to Palau - in the shade of Avalon,

From Fiji to Tiree and the Isles of Ebony,

From Peru to Cebu hear the power of Babylon,

From Bali to Cali - far beneath the Coral Sea. "

Your scribe likes songs which namecheck places. "Rambling Man" by Lemon Jelly mentions more place names than any other song, unless any readers know differently:

"Paris Tibet Sydney Naxos

Rangoon Rotterdam Runcton The Cayman Islands

Malawi Mauritius Haight-Ashbury Patagonia

Kingston Kentish Town Codrington Koh Samui

Felixstowe Fingrinhoe Valmorel The North Pole

Brixton Antwerp Gujarat Prawle

Uganda Shennington Sudbury Sri Lanka

Ecuador Edinburgh Stockholm Abu Dhabi

Lexington Lindos Tokyo Harlem

Ipanema Nicosia Granada San Jose

Damascus Mandalay San Frandisco Atlantis

Adelaide Angmering Arumpo Amsterdam

New York Kabul Rwanda Kyoto

Manchester Prague Mendhurst Toronto

Madrid Melbourne Dublin Dakar

Boston Oslo Tooting Belfast

Botswana Tonga Rayburn, I'm a ramblin' man..."