by reagan_oconnor 35 Replies latest jw friends
Philo, you crack me up!
How about that one that was four stanzas, then the "postlude..."
"How happy are... the merciful... in Godseyeztroooly...beautiful!"
Everyone forgot to sing that last line, which was on the next page. So half the songbooks would be closed and people standing there, and about three people were actually singing, with maybe one or two hitting the screechy high note at the end!
--Reagan
"I'm not a woman to be honked at." -- Maureen O'Hara, The Quiet Man
Oh... and the wedding thing...
If you wanted to get married in the KH, you weren't allowed to play ANY music except for "Kingdom" music. My sister had the worst music at her wedding. So did I, even though I got married in my mother-in-law's backyard.
At my second wedding this past September, I had the best selection of music... I downloaded mp3s and got CDs from the library and made my own discs. The best jazz, classical and contemporary stuff that my husband and I love. Mel Torme, Aaron Copeland, Irene Kral, Billie Holliday, Shakespeare in Love, Mozart, Beethoven, Grofe, Strauss...
I even had Andrea Bocelli's rendition of "Ave Maria" and "Amazing Grace" done with bagpipes. Though good old mumsy was gonna have a coronary!
Reagan
"I'm not a woman to be honked at." -- Maureen O'Hara, The Quiet Man
Thirdson,
Re efficacious, is this the Kingdom song that you are referring to? Here goes:
[Chorus:]
We'll drink a drink a drink
To Lily the Pink the Pink the Pink
The saviour of the human race
For she invented medicinal compound
Most efficacious in every case.
Mr. Frears
Had sticky-out ears
And it made him awful shy
And so they gave him medicinal compound
And now he's learning how to fly.
Brother Tony
Was notably bony
He would never eat his meals
And so they gave him medicinal compound
Now they move him round on wheels.
[Chorus]
Old Ebeneezer
Thought he was Julius Caesar
And so they put him in a Home
Where they gave him medicinal compound
And now he's Emperor of Rome.
Johnny Hammer
Had a terrible ss..ss..ss..ss..ss..ss..stammer
He could hardly s..s..say a word
And so they gave him medicinal compound
Now he's seen (but never 'eard)!
[Chorus]
Auntie Millie
Ran willy-nilly
When her legs, they did recede
And so they rubbed on medicinal compound
And now they call her Millipede.
Jennifer Eccles
Had terrible freckles
And the boys all called her names
But she changed with medicinal compound
And now he joins in all their games.
[Chorus]
Lily the Pink, she
Turned to drink, she
Filled up with paraffin inside
and despite her medicinal compound
Sadly Picca-Lily died.
Up to Heaven
Her soul ascended
All the church bells they did ring
She took with her medicinal compound
Hark the herald angels sing.
OoooooooooooooooWeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'lll...[into Chorus]
Yup, A great assembly song!
Englishman.
Marriage is God Arrangement
Apart from my own, I don't remember a wedding at the hall where it wasn't sang. The tune was so boring and depressing.
Welcome to the board, Monica,
: How about this one, "Bold and determined in this time of the end!"
That line was from "Forward You Witnesses," and in fact is probably one of the best melodies in any of the songbooks. It makes a nice transition from the key of D minor to B flat major. That song and the lyrics were composed by JWs while in German concentration camps during WWII.
At least that's what the society told us. Of course, the society also told use that 10,000 dubs perished in those camps, but finally admitted decades later that the number was only several hundred.
Farkel
I think "We're Jehovah's Witnesses" takes the cake.
We're Jehovah's witnesses, we speak out in fearlessness <except of voicing anything contrary to what the watchtower and the GB says!>
Our's is the God of true prophesy, what he fortells comes to be. <We are just having a dickens of a time figuring em out>
geez! <rolling eyes>
What HE fortells definately DOES come to be. But what the Watchtower Society fortells usually doesn't!
Which one says:
"Of course, it's not at every door we find a hearing ear!"
Well, no S@*# Sherlock. I've knocked on thousands!
The one time I was put in charge of the sound system, I tried to start a tape, but nothing happened. I swear, a full minute passed before someone came to my rescue and pushed the little red button. It was funny watching people turn around to look at me. I had my hands in the air and saying; HELP! Just like a bunch of dummies, I just got annoyed stares, like I was fricking up God's precious meeting.
Once they got rid of the piano, the singing got less enthusiastic, and turned into a ritual of crappy songs and singing.
TR
"cults suck"
I have to go with the Nazarites crap, it was the worst. Pretty close on its heels was the kiddies song.
"Standing for God they to teach have the right" - arrrgh!
I would like to note, however, that the line from "Forward, You Witnesses" was not "bold" but rather, "Firm and determined in this time of the end." I know this because my children took the first six syllables of the song for its name: they called it "Fermandy Termandy."
COMF
