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Jammy Dodger
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There is an interesting thread in Purgatory about The Devil and All His Works but I didn't want to hijack it with a tangent as it made me think of my favourite line from the old hymn It is well with my soul which is the title line of the thread.
If Satan should buffet
I can never sing this without thinking someone in a red suit with a pitchfork serving up a dreadful buffet of quiche, vol-au-vents and other selected nibbles.
Anybody else got any favourite lines from hymns that could have another amusing meaning from that intended....
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What no devilled kidneys?
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Jammy Dodger
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Liked the devilled kidneys. Thanks for Dead Horses link - I knew iI was unlikely to be original ![[Smile]](smile.gif) but I hoping for more amusing double entendres rather than just "woeful worship songs" but maybe there just isn't the source material available ....
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There's a popular Lenten hymn that includes the line "we go to fast and pray." Whenever I hear this, I add an extra 'o' to "to." The second verb then becomes a consequence of the first.
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Ariel
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Originally posted by balaam:
There are more that come under this category in the land of the extinct equine. Why not have a look down there.
This is true. It would be good to avoid duplicating the existing thread if possible.
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PS there would be devilled eggs, and devils on horseback as well, I think.
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Never could forbear a snigger at -
Here I raise my Ebenezer
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I am always quite amused by the line: 'My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!'
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Jammy Dodger
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Originally posted by Ariel:
This is true. It would be good to avoid duplicating the existing thread if possible.
Having skimmed the old thread if we stick to amusing specific lines in hymns/songs I think this keeps it distinct from the original (that was about whole songs that people hated). Is that OK?
Of course - there may not be any in which case this will be a very short-lived thread!
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Jammy Dodger:
Having skimmed the old thread if we stick to amusing specific lines in hymns/songs I think this keeps it distinct from the original (that was about whole songs that people hated). Is that OK?
Absolutely, that would be fine. Cheers!
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A line in Oh Jesus I have promised' goes,
'my hope to follow duly, is in thy strength alone..
On eof the kids in chruch was heard to say 'but whydo we want ot follow Julie?'
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Jammy Dodger
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Classic. From my younger days I remember one parent in our church at the time finding their child at home waving a spanner from the toolbox over his head singing "and his spanner over me is love".
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The oldest (best?) is from Keep thou my way which contains that much-loved biblical animal Gladly my cross-eyed bear.
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And then there's the old saw about the choreographed couch: "I am the Lord of the dance settee."
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My dear sister always said... "I am the Lord with the damp settee" lol
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Jammy Dodger
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There is of course the hairy chestnut that is "You shall go out with joy" - which has caused awkward moments in many a youth group.
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"I feel the wind of God today..."
-- what has God been eating? Perhaps something tummy rumbling at the buffet? Does it also have a holy smell? Different than incense?
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Harvest - 'he only is the maker of all things...'
always makes me feel like about to get a put down in style of 'she's clever but he's only...'
I do have others that strike me part way through singing them, but can't recall from here.
Though there is of course the expensive knickers song (As the deer/dear pants...'
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Last winter my husband taught the kids at his school "Give me oil in my lamp". The year 3 (7-8 yr olds) teacher later told him that the kids spent the afternoon singing "Sing ho Santa" for the chorus ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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The last line in "Go, labor on; spend, and be spent" is: quote:
soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom's voice,
the midnight peal, "Behold, I come!"
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Our choir member named Phyllis gets some ribbing whenever we sing "fill us with Joy" or "Fill us with the Holy Spirit".
Joy seems to get around . . .
Gladly
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Of course in certain parts of England the phrase 'our souls' can cause issues..
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Originally posted by Firenze:
Never could forbear a snigger at -
Here I raise my Ebenezer
Praise in the common things of life / Its goings out and in...
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In Hushed was the evening hymn, we meet young Samuel the kleptomaniac:
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The old man, meek and mild,
The priest of Israel, slept;
His watch the temple child,
The little Levite, kept.
And then the hymn writer comes over all covetous as well, demanding of the Lord, O give me Samuel's ear! He even specifies which ear he wants: The open ear, O Lord. Presumably the Lord can keep the other, closed ear for himself.
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And many a church choir will have noticed the opportunity for full enjoyment of Felicity
in the anthem "Faire is the heaven"
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Praise my soul, the King of Heaven
I do like hymns telling of God's love for us.
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Originally posted by Zacchaeus:
Of course in certain parts of England the phrase 'our souls' can cause issues..
Fortunately in the northeast, we pronounce "our" the right way - as two syllables. ![[Biased]](wink.gif) Unless we're really northeastern and pronounce it "wa", of course.
Sometimes, as others have noted, it's all about getting the punctuation right:
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My God, I love thee not,
Because I hope for heaven thereby
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Originally posted by Jammy Dodger:
If Satan should buffet
I can never sing this without thinking someone in a red suit with a pitchfork serving up a dreadful buffet of quiche, vol-au-vents and other selected nibbles.
The group I'm part of that occasionally leads worship at our church chose this (for some reason that seemed good at the time) a while ago. At the first rehearsal, that line, plus 'while Jordan above me shall roll' and something about 'the trump of the angels', reduced us to shrieks of laughter audible throughout the building. On the day we got through it, only to have a mass meltdown as soon as the benediction was over. We still can't look at that hymn ...
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Jammy Dodger
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Originally posted by Stumbling Pilgrim:
quote:
Originally posted by Jammy Dodger:
If Satan should buffet
I can never sing this without thinking someone in a red suit with a pitchfork serving up a dreadful buffet of quiche, vol-au-vents and other selected nibbles.
The group I'm part of that occasionally leads worship at our church chose this (for some reason that seemed good at the time) a while ago. At the first rehearsal, that line, plus 'while Jordan above me shall roll' and something about 'the trump of the angels', reduced us to shrieks of laughter audible throughout the building. On the day we got through it, only to have a mass meltdown as soon as the benediction was over. We still can't look at that hymn ...
Awesome. ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
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There's a Christmas carol that goes:
"Saint Joseph, meek and mild,
Embraced the new-born Child,
Then knelt upon the sod" ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
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We had this one last night: The night is dark and I am far from home, lead thou me on ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
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There's an Easter hymn which contains the tongue twister "From death's dread sting thy people free". If you're not careful it's easy to sing this as "death's dead string".
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Another Easter hymn, "He is risen, he is risen!" now has the line "Come, with high and holy hymning, hail our Lord's triumphant day" in Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal Church U.S.A.). Our Hymnal 1940 had it as "Come, with high and holy hymning, Chant our Lord's triumphant lay."
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I suppose "Let us drink wine together on our knees" could be a drinking song.
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Originally posted by Jammy Dodger:
There is an interesting thread in Purgatory about The Devil and All His Works but I didn't want to hijack it with a tangent as it made me think of my favourite line from the old hymn It is well with my soul which is the title line of the thread.
If Satan should buffet
I can never sing this without thinking someone in a red suit with a pitchfork serving up a dreadful buffet of quiche, vol-au-vents and other selected nibbles.
Anybody else got any favourite lines from hymns that could have another amusing meaning from that intended....
I'm confused - do you pronounce "buffet" in the hymn quoted here the same way as you would a buffet at a dinner? Which way, then? In my accent (and I suspect in US accents generally) the first is BUFF-it and the second (which is never a verb) is buh-FAY.
It might sound to me like "if Satan should buff it," which could have double entendres or simply mean he's got a job at a soft-cloth car wash.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by churchgeek:
I'm confused - do you pronounce "buffet" in the hymn quoted here the same way as you would a buffet at a dinner? Which way, then? In my accent (and I suspect in US accents generally) the first is BUFF-it and the second (which is never a verb) is buh-FAY.
It might sound to me like "if Satan should buff it," which could have double entendres or simply mean he's got a job at a soft-cloth car wash.
I keep thinking it has something to do with Margaritaville.
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Are paraphrases allowed here?
The Earth belongs unto the Lord
And all that it contains,
Excepting the west highland piers,
For they are all MacBrayne's.
(MacBrayne's being the steamer company at one time)
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Firenze
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quote:
Originally posted by churchgeek:
I'm confused - do you pronounce "buffet" in the hymn quoted here the same way as you would a buffet at a dinner? Which way, then? In my accent (and I suspect in US accents generally) the first is BUFF-it and the second (which is never a verb) is buh-FAY.
I don't doubt that it is sung 'buffit' - the alternative meaning is present to the eye and the mind. It's a homograph and a homonym but not a homophone.
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Kaplan Corday
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Originally posted by Firenze:
It's a homograph and a homonym but not a homophone.
Where does that fit on the LGBT spectrum?
Does it mean it can get married?
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Originally posted by Kaplan Corday:
quote:
Originally posted by Firenze:
It's a homograph and a homonym but not a homophone.
Where does that fit on the LGBT spectrum?
Does it mean it can get married?
No, it means it's a kind of intelligent horse written about by Swift.
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Kaplan Corday
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Originally posted by Firenze:
quote:
Originally posted by Kaplan Corday:
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Originally posted by Firenze:
It's a homograph and a homonym but not a homophone.
Where does that fit on the LGBT spectrum?
Does it mean it can get married?
No, it means it's a kind of intelligent horse written about by Swift.
So you're saying that Mister Ed was gay?
I know the networks used to hush up that sort of thing.
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Firenze
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You could search in Yahoo.
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Jammy Dodger
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Originally posted by Firenze:
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Originally posted by churchgeek:
I'm confused - do you pronounce "buffet" in the hymn quoted here the same way as you would a buffet at a dinner? Which way, then? In my accent (and I suspect in US accents generally) the first is BUFF-it and the second (which is never a verb) is buh-FAY.
I don't doubt that it is sung 'buffit' - the alternative meaning is present to the eye and the mind. It's a homograph and a homonym but not a homophone.
Yes exactly - it is a visual pun not a verbal one. Apologies for not making that clear in my OP.
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"There is a green hill far away
Without a city wall"
which begs the question, why would a hill have a city wall anyway?
And one that I saw here on the Ship a while back about the woman in Proverbs whose price is greater than rubies, which begs the question, how much does Ruby charge?
Nen - having a good giggle at this thread.
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
The last line in "Go, labor on; spend, and be spent" is: quote:
soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom's voice,
the midnight peal, "Behold, I come!"
...which leads straight to the first line of number 3 in the English Hymnal:
Behold, the Bridegroom cometh in the middle of the night
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Originally posted by Firenze:
You could search in Yahoo.
Tee hee
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Originally posted by Signaller:
quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
The last line in "Go, labor on; spend, and be spent" is: quote:
soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom's voice,
the midnight peal, "Behold, I come!"
...which leads straight to the first line of number 3 in the English Hymnal:
Behold, the Bridegroom cometh in the middle of the night
And joy cometh in the morning.
Joy really is quite a gal.
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A colleague of mine made an observation that took the "Jesus is my boyfriend" line of thought to new heights (or depths, depending upon your point of view) when she said that, "Lord, You put a tongue in my mouth" should be known as the French Kissing Song.
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In the 'without a city wall' the 'without' means 'outside', but I am sure that we know that. Firenze or NE Quine may correct me, but I think that word is still used in Scotland to mean 'outside'?
It used to confuse me as a young child in the 60‘s, I have to say lol
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I was born "without": check my birth certificate!
It's been a source of pride ever since...
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