[Magdalen] Terminology query (was Re: speaking of downsizing...)

Jim Guthrie jguthrie at pipeline.com
Thu Apr 2 02:06:50 UTC 2015


On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:

> The only thing that REALLY bothers me about In The Garden are the lines:
>
> “And the joy we share
> As we linger there
> None other ever has known.”

My grandmother and I used to sing this as a duet. The conservative Dutch Reform 
Michigan cousins believed we were wonderful and sincere. The rest suppressed 
their giggle because our approach was, well . . . ribald.

Cheers,
Jim 



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