The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #88686   Message #3895831
Posted By: GUEST
25-Dec-17 - 10:43 PM
Thread Name: Origins:/ADD: Above a Plain / Swiftly Flowing Labe
Subject: RE: Origins:/ADD: Above a Plain / Swiftly Flowing Labe
I'm now 70 years old and for some reason this song just popped into my head. I learned it almost word for word as above (from Guest 21 June 17), in the Chicago public school system back in the 1950's when an hour a day was spent on singing. Specifically Mary Lyons Elementary School on McVickers avenue. Fond memories. The words I learned differ minimally as follows, Amoung the fields of gold and green, A young boys head is often seen, refrain, But no tis not a boy at all, tis just a castle spire so tall, refrain.   Thank you all. God bless. Ira.