[Oshkalaboomboom]

Writing songs about holidays is much better than cutting off the heads of people because they don't think about holidays according to your orthodoxy.

[bagster]

Writing songs about holidays is much better than cutting off the heads

Yea, but not by much.

JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!!

[GnuThere]

Marshmallow World - my favorite version is the one by Darlene Love - very upbeat, great voice.

[Tax-chick]

What a cute article. I'll give "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" more respect, now!

Crisco was a cheap, white, Proctor & Gamble vegetable shortening introduced in 1911. Its ingenious marketing tag proclaimed that the "Hebrew race has been waiting 4,000 years" for Crisco.

Heh, who knew? I cook with corn oil; I use Crisco only for greasing pans.

[SE Mom]

I just love this kind of story, thanks for posting!

[Fiji Hill]

My favorite version of "Marshmallow World" is by Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra, with the Moon Maids, from 1950. You can listen to it here

[Fiji Hill]

"Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true."--Yip Harburg, 1939

O they tell me of a home far beyond the skies,
O they tell me of a home far away;
O they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,
O they tell me of an unclouded day.
--Josiah K Atwood, 1880

"The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'He who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God, is as the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass springs out of the earth, through sunshine after rain." --2 Samuel 23:3-4

" There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever."--Revelation 22:5

[SJackson]

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In fairness, songwriters should be forced to compose head chopping songs for Ramadan. No different than forcing a baker to make gay marriage cakes. I'm sure there are rappers who'd be happy to do it.

[onedoug]

And we’re better off for it.