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Baptist Trainfan
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"To save its health from wors'ning".
(We seem to have gained an extra syllable in lines 2 and 4).
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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It's a "weak" syllable and quite common in rhyming schemes, where the "strong" syllable actually carries the rhyme.
Deborah, righteous prophetess,
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jrw
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said "Barak, get tooled up".
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Wet Kipper
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I need your help to sort this mess
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jrw
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and Barak answered "yup".
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jacobsen
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Eve's apple was but "one a day"*
*A reference to the UK slogan that, to maintain health, we should eat five portions of fruit and veg a day.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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The snake said, "Sure!" but God said, "Nay!"
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jrw
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"Behave while I'm away in Stockton".
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Baptist Trainfan
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![[Confused]](confused.gif) Why Stockton? It's hardly "East of Eden" - nor paradisiacal (although its inhabitants may, I suppose, disagree).
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Especially if God is supposed to be everywhere -- can't he be in Eden and Stockton at the same time?
Meanwhile:
Said Noah, "Do you think 'twill rain?"
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Doone
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Those clouds look black and threat'ning.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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The critters' din is deafening!
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Doone
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Saul, first King in all Israel,
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Doone
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But 'gainst God's anointed did he yell,
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Baptist Trainfan
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and hurled his spear with both hands*.
* Only one hand, actually, but who cares if it rhymes? Anyway, he threw the spear twice, so perhaps he used his other hand after missing David the first time.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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(Too tempting to resist)
And David said, "You missed me! Ha!"
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bib
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I think I'll write some psalms
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"My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, accept the praise I bring"
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jacobsen
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"This ain't a country called La-La"
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Doone
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Of that he had no qualms.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Was told, "Beware of trees!"
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jacobsen
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But he did his sad fate preempt
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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jrw
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whilst swinging in the breeze.
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bib
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Joseph had a pretty coat
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Doone
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Sadly, he often liked to gloat,
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bib
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His brothers had hysterics.
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St. Gwladys
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Joel spoke of locust hordes
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"I say - are you a matelot?"
"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
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jacobsen
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To him, they were a threat.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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jrw
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"It's no good picking up your swords".
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Doone
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We'd best consult a vet.
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St. Gwladys
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Ne'miah rode round 'Salem's walls
(Well, you did say you wanted strained scansion!)
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"I say - are you a matelot?"
"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Now here's a wall! If this one falls
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Baptist Trainfan
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we'll-have-to-get-in-a-group-of-burly-Polish-bricklayers-who-can-quickly-put-it-up-again.
(We might struggle to fit that to the tune ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif) ).
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bib
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I know zilch about Habakkuk
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St. Gwladys
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The wicked seemed to have all the luck
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"I say - are you a matelot?"
"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Of them can't we be rid?
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Doone
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Esther was beautiful and pure,
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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We haven't had a summary for quite some time. So, taking up where the last summary left off:
King Solomon lived not round here,
His wisdom was elsewhere;
He preached it out, loud and clear,
It seemed so right to share.
"Beware ungodly men!" he cried.
"Just run away and play."
Yet in idolatry he died!
His faithlessness at bay.
In Nisroch's fane, Sennacherib
'sieged King Hezekiah.
From sackcloth fashioned he a bib
"You have to help me, Squire!"
Israelite Judith packed her knife,
It was a very sharp one.
"Holofernes, this was your life,
Although it was a short one."
Melchizedek, of priestly line,
Appeared from who knows where,
Blessed Abram's victory by God most high
And gave him one tenth share.
Brave Jael, with her butter dish
Had much more up her sleeve.
Acceding to lord Sisera's wish,
His temples did she cleave.
The money-changers had their way
In Salem's Temple Court;
Until some upstart said, "No way!"
And thrashed their biz to naught.
By Raphael led, Tobias went,
A bailiff for his Dad;
"Just use the fish. It will prevent
The sods from going bad."
Strong Samson, now, with jawbone pois'd
And luscious locks of hair,
A thousand killed, and then he noised,
"Delilah, art thou there?"
Now Absalom, in oaken vice
By his hair was caught.
You couldn't say his fate was nice
and neither was it short.
But what of Tamar? Sad her fate
To live fore'er forlorn,
Childless, widowed, without a mate,
and the sheep did not get shorn.
Take Maher-shalal-hash-baz, he
Who had the longest name,
Or so the Bible says, but we
Are doubtful, all the same.
Old Joseph, when in prison pent,
'Cos Pot'phar's wife had lied
Was glad when Pharoah for him sent:
"Joe, I have no Dream Guide."
Those dry bones heard the Word of God.
Ezekiel preached it loud.
"Stop sleeping in the land of nod.
It's time to wake up now."
On Pentecost the flames appeared,
loud praising heard abroad.
It might catch fire they were afeared,
Their language skills had soared.
Poor Moses in his soggy crib
upon the Nile did float;
until the daughter of His Nibs.
plunged in and grabbed his boat.
His sister Miriam did cry:
"What know Your Grace of nursing?
Why don't you get this baby dry
To save its health from wors'ning?"
Deborah, righteous prophetess,
said "Barak, get tooled up.
I need your help to sort this mess."
and Barak answered, "Yup."
Eve's apple was but "one a day"
It seemed the healthy option.
The snake said, "Sure!" but God said, "Nay!
Behave while I'm away in Stockton."
Said Noah, "Do you think 'twill rain?
Those clouds look black and threat'ning.
All my hard work won't be in vain,
The critters' din is deafening!"
Saul, first King in all Israel,
in battle slew his thousands.
But 'gainst God's anointed did he yell,
and hurled his spear with both hands.
And David said, "You missed me! Ha!
I think I'll write some psalms.
This ain't a country called La-La."
Of that he had no qualms.
Young Absalom, of hair unkempt,
Was told, "Beware of trees!"
But he did his sad fate preempt
whilst swinging in the breeze.
Joseph had a pretty coat,
'twas really psychedelic.
Sadly, he often liked to gloat,
His brothers had hysterics.
Joel spoke of locust hordes,
To him, they were a threat.
"It's no good picking up your swords.
We'd best consult a vet."
Ne'miah rode round 'Salem's walls,
At dead of night he conn'd them.
Now here's a wall! If this one falls
we'll-have-to-get-in-a-group-of-burly-Polish-bricklayers-who-can-quickly-put-it-up-again.
I know zilch about Habakkuk,
I only wish I did.
The wicked seemed to have all the luck.
Of them can't we be rid?
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Esther was beautiful and pure,
By king she was belov'd;
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jrw
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Esther was beautiful and pure,
By king she was belov'd;
Though not as charming as Midge Ure
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Or a singer who was glov'd.
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jacobsen
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No trained musician, Joshua
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Sarasa
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He blew both loud and long
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'I guess things didn't go so well tonight, but I'm trying. Lord, I'm trying.' Charlie (Harvey Keitel) in Mean Streets.
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Wet Kipper
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"You think my men won't squash you? Hah!"
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