Re: OT: Code-switching in music

Mark J. Reed wrote:
>On 10/8/07, li_sasxsek@nutter.net <li_sasxsek@...> wrote:
> > And some of us were forced to sing it every day in school, and still
> > don't know the words.
>
>Tsk.  All Usanians should know at least the first verse.  Oddly, I've
>never heard the second or third sung - it's always either just the
>first, or the first and fourth.
>
We weren't _forced_ to sing it, but in grade-school Music Class (mid 1940s)
we did sing (though not learn) all 4 verses. Likewise all the other
patriotic hymns-- America the Beautiful, My Country 'Tis of Thee, Columbia
the Gem of the Ocean....and even The Stars and Stripes Forever.  Yes, there
are real words to that (whether by Sousa I don't recall) !! other than the
"be kind to your web-footed friends...." version :-)))

BTW, re Mozarabic songs: my reply to Chalmers went directly to him, but gave
essentially the same info as Eric C. though with the Spanish spelling,
"jarchas", and a google link on that word. "Kharjas" (as Wikipedia has it)
would probably work too.

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