tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post8536388433082756967..comments2024-03-28T20:22:57.854+00:00Comments on Eccles is saved: Bad Hymns 4Eccleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-16714034473106246262012-08-20T16:36:45.858+01:002012-08-20T16:36:45.858+01:00Very late to the party, but this one brought back ...Very late to the party, but this one brought back all kinds of memories...<br /><br />It was a favourite of our headmistress, who press-ganged every guitar-player in the school whenever it was sung in assembly. There wasn't enough sheet music to go round so we had to improvise; thus the words, for me, will forever be:<br /><i>Wa.....alk in the light <br />Wa.....alk in the light <br />E minor E minor, A minor A minor<br />It's finished, thank the Lord!</i><br /><br />Something of an improvement, I feel.<br />Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-9317663839193022422012-06-07T12:42:00.681+01:002012-06-07T12:42:00.681+01:00I fink de fust step, accordin to dis blogg, is to ...I fink de fust step, accordin to dis blogg, is to walk in de lihgt. Maybe go to de North Pole, where dey has 24 hour daylihgt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-9851137682314379752012-06-07T09:09:25.929+01:002012-06-07T09:09:25.929+01:00I would like to know more about being sav'd. ...I would like to know more about being sav'd. It sounds very interesting, doctor. I have had several problems with my brain and it is time to consider the advantages of being sav'd like you.gordon gumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742912437729902499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-3995729363050803452012-06-06T08:57:53.501+01:002012-06-06T08:57:53.501+01:00Further to Mr Gumbey's observations, I had alw...Further to Mr Gumbey's observations, I had always believed the hymn to be a work song originating with Chinese laundry workers during the soap making process. "Wok in the Lye" is how I have always heard it.jadishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630935810012897371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-15661821130300584362012-06-06T07:42:03.546+01:002012-06-06T07:42:03.546+01:00Another very interesting blog, doctor. It throws ...Another very interesting blog, doctor. It throws a completely new light on the hymn, which I always assumed was Chinese in origin. Whenever I heard it I imagined the words to be "Wok in the light" and saw in my mind's eye a parade of people at Chinese New Year, dancing in a lively way behind a wok held aloft under the merry bunting and Chinese lanterns.<br /><br />Did other readers also interpret it that way? I would be interested to hear.gordon gumbeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742912437729902499noreply@blogger.com