SINGING IN THE OUT AND INDOORS

A Book of Verses underneath the Bough
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread–and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow*!
–from Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1859 English translation by Edward Fitzgerald)

* an archaic word for enough

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Where do you sing? I hear that now, unlike Omar, the shower is where one tunes one’s tonsils in secluded surroundings without disturbing objecting wildlife….but perhaps you’re the outdoors type, like this guy:

Or maybe you’re a bathtub baritone or a croaking-while-you’re-soaking soprano — but of course, you wouldn’t want to warble in an empty tub, so it helps if….

Now you’re set to get wet and get to….