Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Unexpected common ground

Last Thursday, I wrote about Lily the cat's reaction to a particular Christmas medley by The Osmonds.  Since then, I'd kept thinking, "What well-known song does 'Pine Cones And Holly Berries' remind me of?"  Then, it hit me--"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot."  The subject matter in those sets of lyrics and level of gravitas is miles apart, but melodically, there's a similarity.

Just when you think two worlds couldn't be further apart...