“Will you let me go?” “Bismillah no, we will not let you go!” –Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody Bismillah is an exclamation that means, “in the name of Allah.” The etymology is Arabic, coming from the first phrase in the Koran, “bi-smi-llah.”
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If you read my previous post about Whiskey in the Jar, I told you that story so I can tell you this story. Several years ago at a party we were playing Encore, a game where, when given a word or a topic, you have to sing seven consecutive words of a song on that word […]
Whiskey in the Jar is an Irish folk song dating to the 1600s. The song has been covered by scads of musical acts, including The Kingston Trio, The Ernies, and Metallica. It’s about a Irish highwayman who robs an English captain and then returns to his woman with the money. After he goes to sleep, […]