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Re: Collective Wisdom
Cheryl Singhal (csinghal@CAPACCESS.ORG)
Fri, 31 May 1996 18:36:01 -0400
On Thu, 30 May 1996, Dori Byron Ed Byron wrote:
> I remember singing this song as a youngster.
> Here is the chorus and the verses I recall
> from the version we used
> (plus a next-to-last verse of my own invention).
> By nature it is one of those endless songs with
> countless versions, a verse contributed here
> and another there in any-number-can-play fashion,
> and I expect you will get lots more responses,
> So have fun.
>
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> Young folk old folk everybody come
> Join the darkies Sunday school and have a lot of fun
> Be sure and check your chewin gum and razors at the door
> And you ll hear some Gospel stories like you ve never heard before
>
While I realize the poster was simply reporting something, and it *does*
sound very like some Church camp songs I learned, none of this song really
sits easily with me in the late 20th century.
Maybe it's me?
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