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Popular songs based on the Bible (view source)
Revision as of 15:46, May 29, 2007
, 15:46, May 29, 2007"It Ain't Necessarily So"
Deck of Cards - (T.Texas Tyler) sung by Tex Ritter (1948)<ref> See http://www.albertarose.org/Remember/deck_of_cards.htm. The 1959 Wink Martindale version was probably one of the worst songs ever to appear in the charts in the early 60's </ref>. This tells the (supposedly true) story of a soldier using a deck of cards, which he claims, helps him to remember the bible.
Deck of Cards - (T.Texas Tyler) sung by Tex Ritter (1948)<ref> See http://www.albertarose.org/Remember/deck_of_cards.htm. The 1959 Wink Martindale version was probably one of the worst songs ever to appear in the charts in the early 60's </ref>. This tells the (supposedly true) story of a soldier using a deck of cards, which he claims, helps him to remember the bible.
<ref> The following website: http://www.snopes.com/glurge/cards.asp cites this as an example of an Urban Legend, which occurs any time the US is at war; particular examples relate to WWII, and the current Afghanistan Conflict; however, the website claims that references to this have been around since 1788</ref>
<ref> The following website: http://www.snopes.com/glurge/cards.asp cites this as an example of an Urban Legend, which occurs any time the US is at war; particular examples relate to WWII, and the current Afghanistan Conflict; however, the website claims that references to this have been around since 1788</ref>
The blasphemous ''It Ain't Necessarily So,'' from [[Porgy and Bess]], by George and Ira Gershwin, is a perennial hit and has had numerous recordings. In the opera, it is sung by the villain, Sportin' Life. The character is patterned [[Cab Calloway]]'s stage persona, and the song is sung with sly insinuation. Sportin' Life opines that "The things that you're li'ble to read in the Bible, it ain't necessarily so," and says that he "just takes that gospel whenever it's poss'ble—but with a grain of salt."
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