lay me down WAS Re: " Olive, the other reindeer"

[James Harbeck]

I'm not quite sure what the problem is (if there is one) with "lay me
down." Is it simply that "lay myself down" is expected? (I certainly
wouldn't expect "lie myself down.") Its use is hardly isolated to
that baleful prayer. Among other places, it appears in "Grantchester
Meadows" on Pink Floyd's album _Ummagumma_ (yes, in the present
tense, just as in the prayer). It sounds a little precious or archaic
but not wrong to me...

James Harbeck.

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