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Thread #621   Message #2600862
Posted By: GUEST,DanLewis
30-Mar-09 - 08:22 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Anathea (from Judy Collins)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anathea (from Judy Collins)
"Curse'd be that judge so cruel
Thirteen years may he lie bleeding
Thirteen doctors cannot cure him
Thirteen shelves of drugs not heal him!"

Great curse! Song structure and references to the powerful judge and overlord as well as the judge's golden bed all point to an 18th century origin more or less.