[Dixielandjazz] Shakespeare and the lawyers

[G. William Oakley]

"So that allows me to ask: what OKOM songs are there relating to laws,
lawyers, or legal matters?  Isn't there a Hoagy Carmichael song "DOCTOR,
LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF"?  Any others?"

Law-dy, law-dy, law-dy, Miss Clawdy by Lloyd Price for one.

As to the question of what key: "What key should a lawyer song be in?"  No
question about it,  the po-key.

Let the vegetable barrage begin.
G. William Oakley
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Augustine" <ds.augustine@mail.utexas.edu>
To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 8:05 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Shakespeare and the lawyers


> >From: Anton Crouch <a.crouch@unsw.edu.au>
> >Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Shakespeare and the lawyers
> >Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 01:39:23 +1100
> >
> >Hello all
> >
> >Don Ingle's mentions the well known "first we kill the lawyers", and its
> >attribution to Shakespeare. We all think we understand the feelings
> >expressed by these words but what is really intriguing is that, in the
> >words' original context, the meaning is not at all straightforward.
> >
> >The reference is King Henry the sixth, part 2, Act 4, scene 2, 86 and the
> >actual words are "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers".
> >
> >The words are spoken by Dick, the butcher, as part of a commentary on the
> >rantings of the Kentish rebel, Cade. Dick is being satirical and Cade's
> >espousal of the idea can be seen as Shakespeare telling us that lawyers
are
> >one of the barriers against the breakdown of civil order.
> >
> >What do the lawyers on our list think? - and no jokes about "thinking
> >lawyers" being an oxymoron, please   :-)
> >
> >All the best
> >Anton
>
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>     Well, i'm not a lawyer, nor do i play one on TV, but my brother is a
lawyer ("One skilled in circumvention of the law."--Ambrose Bierce).
However, he doesn't practice law (he's in the U. S. Embassy in Vienna).
>     So that allows me to ask: what OKOM songs are there relating to laws,
lawyers, or legal matters?  Isn't there a Hoagy Carmichael song "DOCTOR,
LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF"?  Any others?  What key should a lawyer song be in?
(Talk about a setup; there's gotta be a snapper for that.)
>
>     Dan
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