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Thread: By all the saints in warfare
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Originally posted by jacobsen:
(Are we sticking to the ABAB format of Mary had a Little Lamb?)
A Moabite, we know, she was
If we are, then Miss Amanda is afraid she's at a loss to understand your line.
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jacobsen
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I didn't know how to proceed. What is your wish?
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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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Well, if Miss Amanda's wishes really came true, we would have sung the final stanza several frames ago. But since there are Shipmates who want to keep the thread alive . . .
It makes best sense, I think, to start a new stanza with Bib's contribution:
There was a saint I've heard called Ruth.
Then add my second line:
Like Mary's Little Lamb
And Doone's third line:
She always tried to tell the truth
(although I was expecting something along the lines of "She'd follow everywhere, 'tis truth!")
So the next contribution will conclude this verse with a line that rhymes with "Lamb".
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Baptist Trainfan
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The problem I had with this is that I simply couldn't see what connection line 2 had with line 1! I'd be happier to start again, take line 1 as read and go on from there ...
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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What Miss Amanda had in mind was Ruth 1:16 -- "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay." Thus, Mary had a little lamb ("and everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go").
But if the consensus is to discard that verse and start a new one, who is Miss Amanda to object? Go for it.
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Baptist Trainfan
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Ah ... I failed to make the connection.
Could you be so kind as to set us going again?
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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All right. Miss Amanda will finish the previous verse and start a new one.
Reminder: This is a hymn to Old Testament saints, sung to the tune of St Anne. The more stilted the language, the better.
There was a saint I've heard called Ruth.
Like Mary's Little Lamb,
She'd follow everywhere, 'tis truth!
With Boaz 'scaped a jam.
Bad boys Elisha "Baldy" call'd.
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Doone
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'Twas very rude of them,
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Baptist Trainfan
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But next they were by fierce bears mauled,
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Lot's wife toward Sodom turned her gaze.
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jacobsen
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It stopped her in her tracks.
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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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Baptist Trainfan
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To see the Lord the city raze
I can see this one having to go to two verses ...
[ 25. November 2016, 07:09: Message edited by: Baptist Trainfan ]
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jacobsen
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Gives salty pillars cracks.
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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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bib
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The O.T. has so many saints
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"My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, accept the praise I bring"
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Doone
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''Tis difficult to choose
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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For God's fair courts one pines, one faints.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Elijah 'neath broom bush did snooze
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jacobsen
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Angelic satnav spake:
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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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"You're gonna need some decent shoes",
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plug plug
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jacobsen
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But first, you gotta wake.
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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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bib
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In Eden was a lass called Eve
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"My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, accept the praise I bring"
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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"Got munchies, dear? Then by your leave . . .
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jrw
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...I've had one of these before and it's less harmful than Cadbury's Boost".
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jacobsen
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The angel stood and barred the way
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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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L'organist
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With flaming sword in hand
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Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Spake Sarah: "Have a child? Go to!"
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L'organist
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It really is quite fun
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Said God, and added, "For Abe too!"
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bib
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That will make him run!
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Doone
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Bathsheba, a beauty 'twas true,
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Eutychus
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Until old David call'd "yoo-hoo!"
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Let's remember that we are to build the Kingdom of God, not drive people away - pastor Frank Pomeroy
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jacobsen
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Absalom was Dave's best mate
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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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bib
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He loved him oh so much
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"My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, accept the praise I bring"
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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But Joab went and sealed his fate
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jacobsen
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Naomi said "I'm coming too!"
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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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"And Ruth, you heed me well!"
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Doone
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Take my advice and soon you'll woo
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bib
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The O.T. has so many saints
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"My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, accept the praise I bring"
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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But none like Balaam’s ass.
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jrw
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who, even though they couldn't paint
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plug plug
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Could talk -- oh, what a gas!
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