Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces in Bethlehem on 'Nakba' ('Catastrophe') Day, May 15, 2017, as Palestinians mark 69 years since more than 760,000 Palestinians were forced to flee their homes in the war surrounding Israel's declaration of independence.: photo by Tom Coex/AFP, 15 May 2017
OTD in 1956, the United States exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb, over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 2 May 2017
I give you... the chunky orange monkey with the strange pointy hat!!
President Donald #Trump poses for photos with Gulf leaders in Riyadh.: image via Evan Vucci @evanvucci, 21 May 2017
Hey! I told you guys... make sure to pack the bigly ketchup! two scoops!
Thailand’s chunky monkey on diet: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 21 May 2017
A wild obese macaque named “Uncle Fat,” who was rescued from a Bangkok suburb, sits with bananas in a rehabilitation center in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 19, 2017. The morbidly obese wild monkey, who gorged himself on junk food and soda from tourists, has been rescued and placed on a strict diet.: photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP 19 May 2017
A wild obese macaque, named “Uncle Fat” who was rescued from a Bangkok suburb, sits in a rehabilitation center in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 19, 2017. The morbidly obese wild monkey, who gorged himself on junk food and soda from tourists, has been rescued and placed on a strict diet.: photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP 19 May 2017
Realty v royalty
The Emir of Kuwait referred to @donaldtrump during bilat as "my brother Trump," who in turn, referred to the Emir as "a special person.": image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 21 May 2017
@realDonaldTrump in meetings w the King of Bahrain, Amir of Qatar and Abdel Fattah el-Sis, President of Egypt. #RiyadhSummit: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 21 May 2017
Before dining with King Salman at Murabba Palace, @realDonaldTrump took sword in hand and joined a Najd region traditional victory dance.: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 21 May 2017
Before dining with King Salman at Murabba Palace, @realDonaldTrump took sword in hand and joined a Najd region traditional victory dance.: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 21 May 2017
Before dining with King Salman at Murabba Palace, @realDonaldTrump took sword in hand and joined a Najd region traditional victory dance.: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 21 May 2017
@realDonaldTrump and King Salman presided over ceremony where a series of defense, tech, energy, agreements were signed.: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 20 May 2017
@realDonaldTrump and King Salman presided over ceremony where a series of defense, tech, energy, agreements were signed.: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 20 May 2017
@realDonaldTrump receiving The Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal from King Salman. w Sec Rex Tillerson and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad.: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 20 May 2017
@realDonaldTrump receiving The Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal from King Salman. w Sec Rex Tillerson and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad.: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 20 May 2017
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The Heptones: Book of Rules, 1973
The Melodians: Rivers of Babylon (1970)
Desmond Dekker: Israelites (1968)
Slim Harpo: Baby Scratch My Back (1966)
I searched on the Internet for more poems by RL Sharpe but only this one comes up. I wonder if he wrote anything else. Interestingly, part of the poem was incorporated in a Grateful Dead song. And I found this one performance of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhg2OtLO-qA
Hilton, same tail-chasing search trail for me, came up w/o significant results, save learning that Sharpe was quite prolific, and evidently, homiletic in his approach, as a rule.
The poem is said to be "Christian" but that does seem perhaps a rather limited interpretation.
Book of Rules (the song) has been rumbling around in the cranial noodleroni since forever, chez moi.
Encouraged to learn that I am not alone in this.
Note just now from Ed Sanders:
"Yeah, I listen to the Heptones’ Book of Rules
often."
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