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Thread #9182   Message #2531676
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
04-Jan-09 - 08:44 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Jesus Met Woman at the Well/Maid & Palmer
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jesus Met a Woman at the Well
The blues versions could be independent. In one version, "Look out, lady, you're headed for Hell," the line is an interjection in form, and the story is absent, most of the version being "Wade in the Water. It could have no relation to the 'woman at the well.'

The verse quoted by SINSULL refers to the woman at the well, but the subject is one that has been used for a long time by the man in the pulpit. It could be independent of the complex brought up by Child.
On the other hand, all of the countries mentioned by Child have sent many immigrants to North America. Is there any reason to select Scandinavians as the culprits?
So far, the 'blues' versions known are modern, but this could change.