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[neversaydie]

If my crossing letters are right
w?i? w??b?nd ?esa?g? (4,7,6)
is a four-word non-English(probably) quotation in Chambers( which I haven't got)
My local library has a Chambers dictionary of quotations which didn't help.
My guess is it's German. Any help gratefully received.

[Mamyalynne]

four words or three as shown?

[dannyk13]

Wein Welb und Gesang ( wine women and song)

[Dickiedot]

wein weib und Gesang

[sedge47]

Wein Weib und Gesang (Wine woman and song)

[fiction-factory]

^ and you show 7 not 6 in the last one.
Not that I have any ideas anyway, especially if it is non-English

[Dickiedot]

doh Danny you beat me to it by a millisecond

[fiction-factory]

Okay, must be it

[fiction-factory]

But you were first to get it exactly right dickie

[dannyk13]

^Weib^ not Welb

[neversaydie]

Many thanks all!