I've been playing one of those "24 H in a D = 24 hours in a day" quizzes that someone gave me and have been stuck on one particular one for so long that finally I admit defeat and need to know the answer!! Please help.

The question is:
2 T the LWBDA in G

can anyone solve it for me.

No but, if it is any consolation it is driving ME nuts now!

I think it's from the song 'Green Grow the Rushes-o' and it's Two Two the Lily White Boys Dressed All in Green-o.

Arghh! Maggie, you are a genius!

One is one and all alone and ever more shall be so!

I shall be singing that ALL night now!

Wow, THANK YOU!!! Trust me, you're putting A LOT of people out of their misery.

Well, I've never heard of that song! I would have been working on that one FOREVER! Way to go, Maggie!

Well, prepare to be educated!...
Song Title: Green Grow the Rushes, Oh
Song:
I’ll sing you one Ho.
Green Grow the Rushes, Oh
What is your one Ho?
One is one and all alone and ever more shall be it so.

I’ll sing you two Ho.
Green Grow the Rushes, Oh
What is your two Ho?
Two, two lily white boys, clothed in all green ho.
One is one and all alone and ever more shall be it so.

I’ll sing you three Ho.
Green Grow the Rushes, Oh
What is your three Ho?
Three, three the rivals (Boom! Boom!)
Two, two lily white boys, clothed in all green ho.
One is one and all alone and ever more shall be it so.

Four for the gospel makers
Five for the cymbals at your door
Six for the six proud walkers
Seven for the seven stars in the sky
Eight for the April rainers
Nine for the nine bright shiners
Ten for the Ten Commandments
Eleven for the eleven that went to Heaven
Twelve for the twelve Apostles

In England it is just a song that everyone learns , at school, in the Girl Guides, Scouts etc etc.

And if you can read music, this will give you the tune as well as a lot of information about the song and its meaning. It was a lovely song to sing -I think perhaps we should encourage the revival of some of these old ditties...

How interesting , Maggie, leave to you to find something as fascinating as that. I vote we adopt it as the FT Song , and sing it every year on the anniversary.

It would be interesting to see who we could come up with for the different 'characters' mentioned in the song. Terry would obviously be the 'One is one' person, but who would be the lily white boys, and the three rivals? Hmmmmm... Something to mull over while I'm out walking the dogs.

Two lily white boys would be our two male adminstrators, gtho4 and McGruff.

Sarcasm, Sue?:)

Perfect! Now - the three rivals...

How about some teams from the Dailies?

Joliettes
classicalmusic/mensan
Canadian Players

This is probably a stupid question, but does this song have any connection to "Green Grow The Rashes" by Robert Burns?

I don't know. The words to the verse above are considerably different than Burns' Rashes piece. But so many folk songs end up with fifteen different versions over the centuries due to the fact that nothing much was writtten down , except in monasteries and royal libraries. That way it was easy for the lyrics to sort of 'mutate' over the years. That's especially true after those ballads crossed the pond and were subject to yet another cycle of mis - heard lyrics and forgotten tunes.

'Green Grow the Rashes, O' is an entirely different song by Robert Burns.
The cumulative verse (Rushes) was first recorded in Hebrew in the 1500's (2 centuries before Burns) and looks like a teaching song. The structure suggests an African, rather than Middle-Eastern origin. It may have been adapted from an astonomical teaching song. There are currently variants relating to Tolkien (by REM) with 8 being Eight bold rangers. Songs like 'The 12 Days of Christmas' and 'Who Can Recall' are also examples of cumulative songs.

Regards,

Tin