Kenroy
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Sat Sep-03-05 05:36 PM
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When the Saints Go Marching In |
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Louis Armstrong's lyrics - my own Jazz funeral for all those who will never have one:
We are traveling in the footsteps Of those who’ve gone before But we’ll all be reunited (but if we stand reunited) On a new and sunlit shore (then a new world is in store)
Oh when the saints go marching in When the saints go marching in Oh lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in
And when the sun refuse (begins) to shine And when the sun refuse (begins) to shine Oh lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in
When the moon turns red with blood When the moon turns red with blood Oh lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in
On that hallelujah day On that hallelujah day Oh lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in
Oh when the trumpet sounds the call Oh when the trumpet sounds the call Oh lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in
Some say this world of trouble Is the only one we need But I’m waiting for that morning When the new world is revealed
When the revelation (revolution) comes When the revelation (revolution) comes Oh lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in
When the rich go out and work When the rich go out and work Oh lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in
When the air is pure and clean When the air is pure and clean Oh lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in
When we all have food to eat When we all have food to eat Oh lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in
When our leaders learn to cry When our leaders learn to cry Oh lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in
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Kni7es
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Sat Sep-03-05 05:38 PM
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...the "Itsy-bitsy Spider" song that we teach kids, yet the whole song itself is actually quite disturbing.
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Dogmudgeon
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Sat Sep-03-05 05:48 PM
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A little bit of the Apocalypse came to the Gulf Coast.
There was wailing and gnashing of teeth, and there was also much truth revealed.
We now only await the casting of the Devil into the Lake of Fire. (In this case, the casting of Bush into prison.)
--p!
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Kenroy
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Sat Sep-03-05 06:32 PM
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I love these lyrics.
And there are thousands of people who deserved to have this played at their funerals who will now be buried in mass graves, if buried at all.
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Sat Sep-03-05 06:34 PM
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4. I've been wondering what they will do with the bodies..... |
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once they can recover them. The thought of mass graves certainly came to mind. Sigh.
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Kenroy
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Sat Sep-03-05 06:40 PM
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it seems the only way to handle it.
By the time they recover many of the bodies, they will be unidentifiable. And I believe the final toll will be at least 20,000. For sanitary reasons, the bodies will have to be handled quickly. Individual funerals are very unlikely.
I hope, though, that there's one big-ass national jazz funeral.
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Kenroy
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Sun Sep-04-05 03:33 AM
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for the dead who deserve better than they're gonna get.
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