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   Joel Polowin to All   
   Guthrie's Ring-Around-A-Rosy Rag meaning   
   25 Sep 13 12:55:05   
   
   From: jpolowin@hotmail.com.invalid   
      
   I've enjoyed listening to Arlo Guthrie's "Ring-Around-A-Rosy   
   Rag" for a long time; it's upbeat and catchy.  But I've never   
   been able to figure out what it's really *about*.  (Not the   
   nursery rhyme, which according to incorrect folklore refers   
   to the Black Death; Guthrie's unrelated song.  "Ring around,   
   ring around Rose / Touch your nose and blow your toes /   
   And mind after doin' the Ring-Around-A-Rosy-Rag.")  Can   
   anyone here help?   
      
   Thanks!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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