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Send 'er down, Huey!, sometimes Send her down, Huey! or Send it down, Huey!, is an idiomatic Australian phrase uttered in response to the onset of rain. It was in very common usage in the early 20th century, but is less common now. Interpreted literally, the phrase is a request that God, or a rain god, send plenty of rainfall.
Joyce and Gogarty had quarreled the previous autumn, and Cosgrave presented the poem as a peace offering, writing Joyce that "the appended song of J is of course Gogarty's. He bids me send it. He desires you back in Dublin. ... It seems G desires reconciliation so that if you write to me be unequivocal." [1]
The following is an English translation of the song version: [4] My God, my God, may it never end – the sand and the sea, the rustle of the water, the lightning of the sky, the prayer of man. In Hebrew, the poem reads: אלי, אלי, שלא יגמר לעולם החול והים רשרוש של המים ברק השמים תפילת האדם
The original author of this poem is unknown. There are several variations on this poem. Chris Farley (from Saturday Night Live and Tommy Boy) was known to have carried this prayer with him in his wallet. [1] [2] It commonly includes the following four verses: [3] [1]
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Two boats and a helicopter, the instruments of rescue most frequently cited in the parable, during a coastguard rescue demonstration. The parable of the drowning man, also known as Two Boats and a Helicopter, is a short story, often told as a joke, most often about a devoutly Christian man, frequently a minister, who refuses several rescue attempts in the face of approaching floodwaters, each ...
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The poem has been set to music as a Christmas carol by many composers including R O Morris, Harold Darke, Leo Sowerby, John Kelsall and John Rutter [2] and is also sung to the traditional Irish melody "Garton". [3] More recently, the poem was given a modern treatment by Jars of Clay on its 2007 album, Christmas Songs. [4]