Re: [Callers] Politically Correct?

2018-03-24 Thread Don Veino via Callers
I've started doing singing squares over the past year and have been making adjustments to lyrics for each one I do. So far the changes have been relatively easy - mostly eliminating explicit gender and talking to everyone whenever possible vs. a "talk to the (assumed) lead" focus. There are real c

Re: [Callers] Politically Correct?

2018-03-24 Thread Robert Golder via Callers
Thus did Ophelia's suicide become merely an accidental drowning, thanks to Thomas Bowdler, who criticized Shakespeare for exposing his readers to "the danger of being hurt with any indelicacy of expression." On Mar 25, 2018, at 1:39 AM, Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers wrote: > People are not

Re: [Callers] Politically Correct?

2018-03-24 Thread Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers
People are not things. I don’t think it’s appropriate for any crowd. Try your hand at some new lyrics! Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 25, 2018, at 1:12 AM, Rich Sbardella via Callers > wrote: > > Hello folks, > > I have been calling singing squares for years, and there is one I love by > Dic

[Callers] Politically Correct?

2018-03-24 Thread Rich Sbardella via Callers
Hello folks, I have been calling singing squares for years, and there is one I love by Dick Leger titled Billy Boy. The tag line that is sung during the Promenade is "She's a young thing, that cannot leave her mother." Here is a link to a version of the full song, not within a square. https://w