Chariots

[Sherwood, Harrison]

>andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk writes: 
>
>LARSSON at vax1.mankato.msus.edu asks re Blake's Jerusalem:
>
>> I hope that our British correspondents will clarify the reason for
>> this song's incorporation within the Establishment, given the most
>> Un-Establishment character of its poetic origin.
>
>It mentions `The Lamb of God' - so it must be `religious', England's
>`Green and Pleasant' - so it is `patriotic' and it has a `nice tune'
>which can really raise the rafters at yer average `publick school' -
>so letting off steam which might otherwise lead to undesirable
>`undercover' activity in the dorms.

Lindsay Anderson's 1969 film "If," starring Malcolm McDowell, Explains
It All For You.

Harrison