Re: Adon Olom--and borrowing melodies generally

[Menuhah <Menuhah...>]

<< But I can't see how "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain" invests "Adon
Olam" with _any_ spiritual emotion or  overtone whatsoever--joyful or
contemplative,  outwardly exuberant or  inwardly devotional--and that's what a
good setting, original or  borrowed, should do. >>

Actually "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain" is prefect for "L'cha Dodi".In
fact i heard a story that "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain" is really
written by someone Jewish and is all about Shabbat. The "she" is the
shechineh, the shabbas bride . The "six white horses" are the days of the week
before Shabbas. "we'll go down to meet her" refers to going to greet the
Shabbas bride. And "oh we'll all have chicken and dumplings(kneidle)" is of
course the Shabbas meal.

l'shalom,
Suzanne H. Peters

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