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R.E.M. - Green Grow The Rushes Lyrics SongMeanings

The lyrics of the song are, in many places, exceedingly obscure, and present an unusual mixture of Christian catechesis, astronomical mnemonics, and what may be pagan cosmology. The musicologist Cecil Sharp, influential in the folklore revival in England, noted in his 1916 One Hundred English Folksongs that the words are "so corrupt, indeed, that in some cases we can do little more than guess at their original meaning". WebGreen grow the rushes, O What are your two, O? Two, two lily-white boys Clothed all in green, O One is one, and all alone, And ever more shall be so. 3. I'll sing you three, O … how do you court someone

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WebG D G I'll sing you one ho, green grow the rushes ho! G What is your one ho? G C D7 G One is one and all alone, and evermore shall be so G C Am D7 Two, two, the lily-white … WebGreen Grow the Rushes, O Sheet music for Treble Clef Instrument - 8notes.com University of Glasgow. Green grows the Rashes – SMM – Editing Robert Burns for the 21st … WebGreen Grow the Rashes O This is one of the most characteristic of all Burns Songs, although one of his earliest. In August 1784, he sets it down in his commonplace book, with some remarks on "the various species of young men" whom he divides into two classes - "the grave and the merry" The former he reckons to be those who are either "goaded on … phoenix care support services limited