In the Days of Old Rameses

DESCRIPTION: "In the days of old Rameses, are you on, are you on, They told the same thing... In the days of old Ramesis, that story had paresis...." The story sarcastically mentioned was told by Adam in Eden, by Joshua at Jericho, etc., and now is old and tired
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag)
KEYWORDS: nonballad Bible
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag, pp. 202-203, "In the Days of Old Rameses" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [26 words]: Reported by Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag to be the theme song of the Whitechapel Club, "a group of thirsty intellectuals who were opposed to everything." - RBW
File: San202

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