Normally we try and make our Puzzle Corner puzzles intellectually challenging, thought provoking, or just fun. This one is one of the latter -- it's just fun, but it made us laugh and we hope that it will you too!

A poor fisherman was sat at the bar in the Black Dog Inn overlooking the harbour and wondering how he was going to pay for enough fuel to put to sea again after the last two fishing trips had yielded only minimal catches. The day after tomorrow they would put to sea again, but they'd go farther out and farther north, into the colder waters, where the fishing was bound to be plentiful, but it was risky and he didn't have enough money to pay for the fuel, let alone his small crew and the provisions they would need to take with them.

As he pondered his situation a wealthy looking gentleman entered the pub and sat down on the stool next to him. He pulled out his wallet to pay for a drink and the fisherman noticed it was stuffed full of £50 notes. 'I tell you what,' the fisherman says, 'I have an amazing memory and I can remember every single song that has ever been written in every country of the world and throughout history! I bet you my ship for all the money you've got in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with any ladies name in it that you can think of.'

The rich man laughed and accepted the bet. 'Sing a song that has my daughter's name in it then,' he challenged, 'Her name is Svetlana Polina Voskoboynikov! Do you know a song that has been written with such a name in it?' the rich man asked, nearly falling off his bar stool with laughter and wondering how much the fisherman's boat would sell for.

The fisherman left the pub with enough money to pay his crew and buy enough fuel for the next fishing trip with plenty left over. The rich man went home with an empty wallet. Which song did the fisherman sing?

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OK we said it was a bit of fun didn't we?

The fisherman sang Happy Birthday