On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 12:55:05 PM UTC-4, Joel Polowin wrote:   
   > 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!   
      
   Yes, he explains the story of getting arrested in Rittenhouse Square on the   
   Philly Folk Fest 40th anniversery live box set   
      
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