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   From: merlebarnes@ns.sympatico.ca   
      
   I'm not familiar with Flanders and Swann's work. So, thank you for   
   introducing them to me.  I just listened to a couple of their songs on   
   Youtube and I love them!!  Thank God for the internet!! :-)   
   They are probably referring to Garth/Aqualad - a member of the Teen Titans.   
   He was Aquaman's sidekick. Then he grew up and became "Tempest".   
      
   So, I probably won't get anything done today at all. I'll probably spend the   
   rest of the day listening to Flanders and Swann. Thanks a lot!!!!  :-)   
      
   Take Care   
   Merle   
      
   "Joel Polowin"  wrote in message   
   news:5f664c65-b0f8-40d3-8048-da08b9053aad@q36g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...   
   >I was recently listening to Flanders and Swann's "The Spider" (AKA   
   > "The Spider in the Bath"), and was trying to figure out the line   
   > that mentions "Superman or Garth".  A bit of Googling gives me the   
   > impression that "Garth" is probably referring to a British action/   
   > adventure comic-strip hero... is this correct?  If so, how well is   
   > the reference likely to have been known outside the UK in the   
   > 1960s, when the song was published?   
      
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