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Thread #38670   Message #3070225
Posted By: GUEST,Jess
08-Jan-11 - 08:09 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Autumn Days (Estelle White)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Autumn Days (Estelle White)
Thanks for the chords, they are a fantastic find :)

To the disparaging comments of some earlier posters:

1) The composer wrote this song for her own pupils (not originally for publication), at a school on a flight-path, where stopping to watch the activities of passing planes was part of the joy of playground life - it's not a stupid line at all, just that some people criticize it with no knowledge of the context.

2) Have some of us forgotten what it was like to be children, and become embarrased by simple pleasures in the world around us? Stick to your high-and-mighty theology if you must, but don't forget that in the Gospels, Jesus seemed more impressed with the simple joy that many children show in the world around them than in the posturing self-righteousness of those who believed they knew what was "theologically right".

Hats off to all of you who share this simple and happy song with those around you :)