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Thread #56467 Message #886648
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
10-Feb-03 - 06:34 AM
Thread Name: Folk music questions I'm afraid to ask
Subject: RE: Folk music questions I'm afraid to ask
DMcG: Jerusalem "answers No,No,No & no ?"
Surely here we pay attention to folklore. To quote from the "Cyberhymnal":
"The theme is uniquely English, and there is an undertone of 19th Century politics. The lyrics may refer to folklore that says Jesus visited Britain as a teenager with Joseph of Arimathea, who was said to be a distant relative and had a stake in Cornish tin mines. However, there is no historical data supporting this story."
So how about Maybe, Maybe, Maybe & Maybe" ?
Nigel