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Thread #33907   Message #538598
Posted By: Burke
30-Aug-01 - 09:04 PM
Thread Name: Req: Bawdy WWI parody of There Is a Green Hill Far Away
Subject: RE: Req: Bawdy WWI parody of There Is a Green Hill Far Away
I love this! I have a hymnal with 2 gospel arrangements of Isaac Watt's hymn "Alas and did my Saviour bleed?" The first is very well known with the chorus "At the cross... and now I am happy all the day." The second puts it as the verse for "Oh How I Love Jesus

There is a Green Hill followed by For he's the jolly good fellow fits right into the odd pairing of sentiments.

Don't think I want to know the bawdy part.