The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #88686   Message #2508269
Posted By: GUEST
04-Dec-08 - 11:27 PM
Thread Name: Origins:/ADD: Above a Plain / Swiftly Flowing Labe
Subject: RE: Origins:/ADD: Above a Plain / Swiftly Flowing Labe
Learned this in third grade in the 1950s. Imagine, a singing class in public school! Loved it then, love it now, but my mother once pointed out to me the illogic of the lyrics: not much resemblance between the head of a young boy and the spires of a castle. -- Katie Watts