medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I was thinking more along the lines of "Little Bunny FooFoo"
TGD
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Yeah, Theresa! Sounds suspiciously like that hymn the children and I sing
on our way to Grandma's after a stop at MacDonald's.
Can you also include a popular tune or tune name to which it is sung.
(We sing it to O Esca Viatorum).
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 07:28:12 -0600 Theresa Gross-Diaz
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> Hey, what about Caedmon's Hymn? Used to know it by heart:
>
> Nu sculon herigean heofonrices weard,
> meotodes meahte and his modgeþanc,
> weorc wuldorfæder, swa he wundra gehwæs,
> ece drihten, or onstealde.
> He ærest sceop eorðan bearnum
> heofon to hrofe, halig scyppend;
> þa middangeard moncynnes weard,
> ece drihten, æfter teode
> firum foldan, frea ælmihtig.
>
> <snip>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 02/10/03 09:40PM >>>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> Today (11. February) is the feast day of:
> Caedmon (d. 680) Bede reports that Caedmon was a herdsman of
> Whitby, who
> suddenly discovered his gift for song and poetry. He became a monk
> there
> and produced a body of vernacular poems, none of which have
> survived, but
> which were apparently very nifty.
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