Can this really be true? After two years of trying (originally with a very
ancient computer) I seem at last to have cracked how to post to the list.
Hooray!
My query is about Screw-guns. Does anyone have any idea what RK is getting
at when he writes
There's a wheel on the Horns o' the Mornin', an' a wheel on the edge of the
Pit
Editions of Barrack-room Ballads seem to suggest that this is a reference
to Psalms 139:9 (as in The Widow at Windsor)
But the psalm refers to 'wings of the morning' (as does TWaW)
And that sort of meaning seems odd in the context of Screw-guns.
How does RK get from wings to horns?
Or is there some other meaning/allusion that escapes me?
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