[Magdalen] R.I.P. Ralph Stanley

[Jim Handsfield]

O Death is a 'lowering song', sung as a loved one's body is lowered into the grave in hope that the death being recognized will be an appeasement to death and that no one else will die that year.

Jim Handsfield
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> On Jun 24, 2016, at 10:24 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Never have seen it, but maybe this would be a good time to do so. When
> there's time again to watch things of my own choice.
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>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Anyone who saw, or heard the soundtrack of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
>> would have heard Ralph. His song "O Death" was a major feature in it and
>> much talked about, and gave his career a huge, if very late, boost.
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> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA