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From: kjm@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ken Montgomery)
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Subject: Re: more mangled lyrics (Kyrie Eleison)
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Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 13:23:35 EST
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> The first 4 times I heard "Kyrie Eleison" on the radio, I
> thought it was *already* mangled!  I still don't see how the
> words make any sense:  "Lord have mercy down the road that I
> must travel"????  [Matt Crawford]

You can get a somewhat less mangled-sounding reading if you factor
in an implied object, giving "Lord have mercy [on me] down the
road that I must travel."

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those of anyone else, including my cat and my employer.

Ken Montgomery  "Shredder-of-hapless-smurfs"
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