From: lyandra.ross@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 1:20:10 PM UTC-5, trev...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > 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 anniversary live box set   
      
      
   I've also heard his story about the song several times at various concerts.   
   They were "happy" and fooling around and playing ring around the rosey.   
      
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