Re: [Harp-L] I thought Shakespeare wrote Juke?

[Zack <zack.pomerleau@xxxxxxxxx>]

Okay guys, I will admit it...I wrote Juke...

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 9:44 AM, 46long Blake <46long@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> OK, most of the topics on Harp-L are out of my area of expertise, but I do
> know Shakespeare, as my students will tell you as they roll their eyes at
> the mention of my name....
>
> It is well-known in academic circles that Shakespeare only created one play
> out of whole cloth - The Tempest. Juke was not in this play. Most of
> Shakespeare's stories are based on actual historical figures or popular
> mythology and legends of northern Europe.  Juke, in fact, has been traced
> to
> a ninth-century Norse folk ballad. An illuminated manuscript in the
> archives
> at Kings College, Oxford describes an OB6 in the third turnaround that was
> lost during a period of populist backlash to the Enlightenment, which
> lasted
> until the 20th century, and explains its absense in Little Walter's
> version.
>
> Just had to put my foot down here and re-direct the conversation out of the
> realm of speculation.
>
>  - Blake
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 1:55 AM, <MundHarp@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Didn't King Henry Vlll write "Juke"... Part of his "Greensleeves"  suite?
> > That was of course AFTER he invented the mouth  organ....
> >
>
>
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