Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!linac!att!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: tblake@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Tom Blake) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Help with song Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 91 19:06:33 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: SUNY Binghamton Lines: 21 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [More about that crazy song. Presumably by now you know which one...--clh] Well, after my posting, I wound up at a meeting with my pastor, and another old Boy Scout. (That's where I learned the song.) Nancy, was going to dig around at home for her old junior choir book, which she said had the info. However, we have a couple of clarifications, (deviations). |> 2, 2 lilly white boys, clothe them all in green-o |>This as I recall refers to two saints, (Peter and Paul?) Lilly white, to show |>that they are pure, clothed in green to show that they still live. Nancy recalled the two boys as being Cain and Abel. (If so, then I guess the elimination of "lilly white" *is* in order.) |>|> 7 for the 7 stars in the sky |>Don't recall, seven bright stars I believe. The Pleiades (sp?) according to Ed. (Never could spell that one!) Tom Blake SUNY-Binghamton