From: et472@ncf.ca   
      
   On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, trev1418@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 anniversery live box set   
   >   
   Arlo used to post here, and in the Guthrie newsgroup, but I cant' remember   
   when he disappeared.   
      
   So maybe you look further back in the archives, he posted about the   
   meaning of the song.   
      
      Michael   
      
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