GRGR(31): Playlist addition
Jeremy Osner
jeremy at xyris.com
Mon Jul 10 22:19:08 CDT 2000
p. 675: "but hark the familiar music-box theme yes it's that old-timery
sweet Stephen Foster music"
Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground by Stephen C. Foster
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Round de meadows am a-ringing
De darkey's mournful song,
While de mocking birds am singing,
Happy as de day am long.
Where de ivy am a-creeping,
O'er de grassy mound,
Dare ol' Massa am a-sleeping,
Sleeping in de cold, cold ground.
Down in de cornfield,
Hear that mournful sound;
All de darkeys am a-weeping,
Massa's in de cold, cold ground.
(Foster also wrote the better-known "My Grandfather's Clock")
--
"To see the light of the world", as a description
of the process of birth, we hear from the mouths
of those who believe themselves already to be
standing in the light of the world, triumphant.
Coming out of the Cave
http://www.readin.com/books/hohlenausgange
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