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#350: They Crucified My Lord
Dec. 23rd, 2019 10:25 pmWhat's up with the footnote?
The repeated line-ending here is "and he never said a mumbalin' word." There's a note at the bottom to explain " mumbalin' = complaining. "
That might be useful for comprehension, in case someone was confused and thought that Jesus was having articulation problems. But then again, there's jargon all over the place, be they 1600s rhyme schemes and/or rough translations from non-English languages. (The song on the opposite page mentions "oblation," how often do you use that on a regular basis.) Which makes me think that they're being particularly careful here because it's in (19th-century or earlier) African-American Vernacular, and they want to make sure it's recognized as its own grammatically complex dialect and not "bad English."
Are there any choir anthem arrangements?
Yeah, our choir had a decent one with chime accompaniment. It got a little cheesy at times (whispering towards the end) but the soloist call-and-response setup worked well.
The repeated line-ending here is "and he never said a mumbalin' word." There's a note at the bottom to explain " mumbalin' = complaining. "
That might be useful for comprehension, in case someone was confused and thought that Jesus was having articulation problems. But then again, there's jargon all over the place, be they 1600s rhyme schemes and/or rough translations from non-English languages. (The song on the opposite page mentions "oblation," how often do you use that on a regular basis.) Which makes me think that they're being particularly careful here because it's in (19th-century or earlier) African-American Vernacular, and they want to make sure it's recognized as its own grammatically complex dialect and not "bad English."
Are there any choir anthem arrangements?
Yeah, our choir had a decent one with chime accompaniment. It got a little cheesy at times (whispering towards the end) but the soloist call-and-response setup worked well.
