Re: Above a plain of gold and green

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: : When I was a young GS I was taught this song: 
: : "Above a plain of gold and green, 
: :  a young boy's head is plainly seen. 
: :  CH A hoo-ya, hoo-ya, hoo-ya-ya, swifty flowing 
: :  La- bay, A hoo-ya, hoo-ya, hoo ya-ya, swiftly flowing 
: :  waters.
: : And for our pleasure it was made 
: : this *** old castle, deep in shade. CH."
: : Seems like it was presented as a "Y" song but all the folk who knew the origin are now dead.
: : Can anyone fill the blank, correct the wrong words and say to what it refers?
: : Thanks
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: Went looking for this, this morning.  (I'm 72 years old and it has haunted me since I was a little girl and was (semi) taught it in Girl Scouts.)

: I don't think I'm going to add much to help the original writer, excepting that I always remembered only, "But lo, tis not his lifted head; 'tis Ithca's castles' spires instead." (And then the chorus, "With a hoo-ya, hoo-ya, hoo-ya, ya.  Swiftly flowing water; With a hoo-ya, hoo-ya, hoo-ya, ya; Swiftly flowing la-bay.")

: Ithca COULD be Ithaca, perhaps.  The hoo-ya always sounded slightly Slavic to me, or could just be nonsense words to fill in.  It was pretty, and obviously stuck with more people than you and me.

: Fannie (Hope I have used this site correctly - I don't know what the spaces below are intended for.)



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