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Thread #9182 Message #2531608
Posted By: Steve Gardham
04-Jan-09 - 07:25 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Jesus Met Woman at the Well/Maid & Palmer
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jesus Met a Woman at the Well
Regarding the palmer=Jesus, Child's interpretation was that the Palmer was 'God' himself. In the Scandinavian analogues to Child 21 the woman is Mary Magdalene and the palmer is Jesus. My guess is that the 2 songs are related and that the blues versions derive from Scandinavian immigrants.