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Thread #81303 Message #1488903
Posted By: Wilfried Schaum
20-May-05 - 03:13 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Hineh Ma Tov
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hineh Ma Tov
At first, it is from the first verse of Psalm 133: A psalm by David, a song for pilgrimage [to Jerusalem]. At medieval universities it was conceived as a short drinking song. More abaout this ScribiTrad, Academies, And Drinking: A lecture about Psalm 133,1 held at Ye Olde Black Boy in Kingston Upon Hull on May 1, 2004 ; during the Mudcat Eurogathering.