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Thread: By all the saints in warfare
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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On another thread, the cry went up that we don't have nearly enough Old Testament based hymns. It was suggested that one might begin with the line "By all the saints in warfare . . ."
So here's the game:
- Each player adds one line to the hymn "By all the saints in warfare."
- Each stanza consists of four lines: iambic tetrameter, iambic trimeter, iambic tetrameter, iambic trimeter.
- The rhyming scheme is ABAB.
- Incorporate as many Old Testament figures into the hymn as possible -- the obscurer, the merrier.
- The more stilted the language and forced the rhyme, the better.
- The sentiment must be theologically correct.
So here goes. The first stanza is done for you. The next player will add a sixth line to the fifth, thus expanding the next stanza.
By all the saints in warfare proved,
By all the holy ones,
The Father to compassion moved
From dawn to setting suns.
Stout Jonah in beast's belly dwelt
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Aravis
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Till spewed into the sea
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Banner Lady
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After 3 days he really smelt
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Welease Woderwick
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and desperate for a pee
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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jacobsen
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Talking of smells, on dungheap, Job
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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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Bewailed his fallen state.
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L'organist
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While Joseph, with his couture robe
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Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
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Welease Woderwick
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Hosea meanwhile hung his head
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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L'organist
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While muttering We're all doomed!
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Rara temporum felicitate ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet
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Banner Lady
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And Jezebel she fumed.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Might be good to summarize the hymn to date:
By all the saints in warfare proved,
By all the holy ones,
The Father to compassion moved
From dawn to setting suns.
Stout Jonah in beast's belly dwelt
Till spewed into the sea.
After three days he really smelt
and desperate for a pee.
Talking of smells, on dungheap, Job
Bewailed his fallen state.
While Joseph, with his couture robe
In Egypt put on weight.
Hosea meanwhile hung his head
While muttering "We're all doomed!"
Elijah, fearing Ahab, fled
And Jezebel she fumed.
[New stanza]
What, Jephthah did his daughter smite?
[ 09. August 2016, 00:04: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
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What evil had she done?
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St. Gwladys
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She asked her father that she might
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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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Doone
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Have one more night of fun.
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Welease Woderwick
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Of FUN? he roared with mighty voice
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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jrw
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"All right then - sling your 'ook".
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Piglet
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And he did to the Lord rejoice,
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
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jacobsen
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It's in the holy book.
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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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O Sodom, doom'd thou art. Shall I
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St. Gwladys
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O'er you shed a tear
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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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Welease Woderwick
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Or cast into deepest valley
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Doone
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Forever left in fear.
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jrw
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popped down the local shop
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Picked up some wine, a loaf or two,
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Piglet
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And to his knees did drop.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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"Write this," quoth he, "in that there book:"
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Welease Woderwick
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Tell all the tale of Zephaniah
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Baptist Trainfan
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(Well, that didn't scan very well, did it?)
who at Jerusalem cocked a snook
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Welease Woderwick
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[sorry, I thought we were on the next stanza ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) ]
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Fancy a break in South India?
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Hey, I'll take it. It rhymes anyway.
Might be good to summarize once again. Then you can begin a new stanza.
(The tune, by the way, is St Anne -- what else?)
By all the saints in warfare proved,
By all the holy ones,
The Father to compassion moved
From dawn to setting suns.
Stout Jonah in beast's belly dwelt
Till spewed into the sea.
After three days he really smelt
and desperate for a pee.
Talking of smells, on dungheap, Job
Bewailed his fallen state.
While Joseph, with his couture robe
In Egypt put on weight.
Hosea meanwhile hung his head
While muttering "We're all doomed!"
Elijah, fearing Ahab, fled
And Jezebel she fumed.
What, Jephthah did his daughter smite?
What evil had she done?
She asked her father that she might
Have one more night of fun.
"Of FUN?" he roared with mighty voice,
"All right then - sling your 'ook."
And he did to the Lord rejoice,
'Tis in the holy book.
O Sodom, doom'd thou art. Shall I
O'er you shed a tear,
Or cast into deepest valley
Forever left in fear?
Melchizedek, of priestly hue,
Popped down the local shop,
Picked up some wine, a loaf or two,
And to his knees did drop.
"Write this," quoth he, "in that there book:"
Tell all the tale of Zephaniah,
who at Jerusalem cocked a snook.
[sorry, I thought we were on the next stanza.]
[ 12. August 2016, 00:58: Message edited by: Amanda B. Reckondwythe ]
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jrw
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King Solomon lived not round here
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Piglet
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His wisdom was elsewhere;
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Sarasa
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He preached it out, loud and clear
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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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jrw
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It seemed so right to share.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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"Beware ungodly men!" he cried.
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jacobsen
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"Just run away and play."
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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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Tobias
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Yet in idolatry he died!
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Tobias
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In Nisroch's fane, Sennacherib
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St. Gwladys
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'sieged King Hezekiah
(had to check thi one out!)
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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quote:
Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
His faithlessness decried.
Could I suggest "His faithlessness at bay" instead to preserve the rhyming pattern?
Meanwhile, carrying on:
In Nisroch's fane, Sennacherib
'sieged King Hezekiah.
From sackcloth fashioned he a bib
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jrw
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In Nisroch's fane, Sennacherib
'sieged King Hezekiah.
From sackcloth fashioned he a bib
"You have to help me, Squire!"
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jacobsen
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Israelite Judith packed her knife
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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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It was a very sharp one
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jrw
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"Holofernes, this was your life".
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Doone
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Although it was a short one.
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