ADS-L Digest - 27 Feb 2009 to 28 Feb 2009 (#2009-60)

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:59 AM -0600 3/6/09, Jim Parish wrote:
>Barbara Need wrote, of "Morning Has Broken":
>>  Yes, the hymn is in the Unitarian Hymnal (pre-1961) and may be in
>>  subsequent UU Hymnals. I have sung it often. Same tune.
>
>Out of curiosity, how do you sing the line "God's recreation of the new
>day"? I've always interpreted the second word as "re-creation", but
>Stevens sings it as "rec-reation". (Of course, etymologically they're the
>same word, but the current meanings are quite distinct.)
>
>Jim Parish
>
Yes, I'd forgotten that.  It has to be "God's r[i]-creation of the
new day".  Or else "God's r[E]creation on the new day".  Just imagine
the work-out video spin-offs!

LH

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