Giles C. Watson has added a photo to the pool: Orientis partibus From eastern lands came an ass Asinine and bold as brass, Strong as any handsome ox Bearing burdens, hauling rocks. Hup! Hup! Giddyup, Sir Ass! High up the hills of Sychen Donkey-sired under Reuben, He sloshed across the Jordan A-braying like an organ. Hup! Hup! Giddyup, Sir Ass! In mules, roebucks, put no trust Theyll not see Sir Ass for dust. Madianite, swift and hairy, Faster than a dromedary! Hup! Hup! Giddyup, Sir Ass! Pierre de Corbeil: Conduit Manuscrit de Sens , paraphrased from the Latin by Giles Watson. This lyric opens the reconstructed text of the thirteenth century Feast of Fools, as performed by Obsidienne on their album La Fte des Fous, (Calliope, 2005). Pierre de Sens was a scholastic philosopher, and was Bishop of Sens until his death in 1222. The song was most likely sung as a part of the Donkeys Festival at the Feast of the Circumcision on January 1, and in the course of the mass, a donkey was ridden ...
My father dyed his hair orange for the beginning of football season (because Oregon State's colors are orange as well as black). This print was from the month ago. It has since grown out as well as was behind to his regular tone during his final haircut.
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