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Thread #120740   Message #2629028
Posted By: Genie
11-May-09 - 11:30 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: O Caritas! Cat Stevens - what language?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: O Caritas! Cat Stevens - what langua
Thanks, Joe.

That "Arrgghh!" wasn't directed at you, though. I figured you had gotten the lyrics from some lyrics website and posted them as is.   I later found the lyrics online too (but I wanted to add them here), and they were also not punctuated, but I would probably have left the punctuation out too, because I wasn't sure exactly where it went. (My high school Latin was decades ago.)
It seems to be routine these days for song lyrics to be printed devoid of punctuation.   Not just online, but in overhead slides used for hymns in churches, and even in CD liner notes. That trend is what I was decrying.

G