[Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 31, Issue 8

[LARRY'S Signs and Large Format Printing]

Play nice kiddies
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Cooke" <amazingbass at cox.net>
To: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 1:26 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Dixielandjazz Digest, Vol 31, Issue 8


>
> Gunter asks:
>
> >What's there to "take apart???"
>
> Bill, I'd love to continue this on line, but out of respect for the other
> listees, I reply off line.  You have my pemission to copy anyone you think
> may be interested, but only if you copy my messages in their
entirety.....no
> snips.
>      Pat
>
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 21:54:13 +0000
> > From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Battle Hymn & John Brown
> > To: amazingbass at cox.net, dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> > Message-ID: <BAY17-F23FD9D098DBF5298503E63BEE70 at phx.gbl>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
> >
> > Hi Pat,
> >
> > You wrote:
> >
> >>I have disagreed with you before, and it is no surprise that I have to
> >>respectfully disagree with you again.
> >>      I could take apart your post piece by piece, . . . "
> >
> > Am I missing something here?
> >
> > I didn't realize we were debating the morality of this issue. I
certainly
> > wasn't.
> >
> > All I was suggesting was that Julia got her inspiration from an earlier
> > tune
> > she heard called "John Brown's Body Lies a Moulderin' in the Grave"
> >
> > Now Julia wrote these lines:
> >
> > "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
> > He has trampled out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are store
> > He has loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword
> > His truth goes marching on . . .
> >
> > Glory Glory Haleluja, etc."
> >
> > Are those the lyrics to which you object?
> >
> > The song she heard (to the same melody as "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
> > was:
> >
> > "John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
> > John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
> > But his soul goes marching on.
> >
> > Glory, glory, hallelujah, etc."
> >
> > Are those the lyrics to which you object?
> >
> > Recollect, Pat, that I was simply looking at the sequence of lyric
> > versions
> > set to the tune of "Glory glory haleluja . . ." including the silly
> > parodies
> > such as "We wear our pink pajamas in the summer when it's hot . . .
etc."
> >
> > I guess your response may be based on your answer to the following
choices
> > .
> > . .
> >
> > The Julia W. Howe song, "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is (choose one):
> >
> > A. a noble song with a noble theme of righteousness rising up to
vanquish
> > evil.
> > B. an evil song the sole purpose of which is to justify the killing of
> > innocent people with whom you disagree.
> > C. a song sung by one's peer group to articulate one's own attitudes.
> > D. a piece of music from which one can derive his or her own
> > interpretations
> > E. All of the above.
> > F. None of the above.
> >
> > However, I have not advocated any position of any sort regarding this
song
> > other than take a casual glance at its several manifestations over the
> > years.
> >
> > What's there to "take apart???"
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Bill
> > jazzboard at hotmail.com
> >
> >
>
>
>
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