The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #32624   Message #430040
Posted By: Dave Swan
31-Mar-01 - 01:18 PM
Thread Name: H.L. Mencken on Shape Note
Subject: H.L. Mencken on Shape Note
Now I've got nothing against shape note singing, been know to do it myself.

I cracked up when I ran across this quote from the sage of Baltimore who said that shape note "sounds like a cross between a steam calliope and a Ukranian peasant chorus."

Maybe I've been doing it right after all...

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