Talk:Freedom Come-All-Ye

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[edit] "Translation"

I think this would be much better with an actual translation rather than an explication of the figures of speech. The allegorical meaning of a black guy from beyond Nyanga knocking down the evil gallows (if I got that right) seems obvious, or if not it can be explained in a note. The translation of the first verse could be a model for the rest. —JerryFriedman 01:37, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edits made by unregistered user: McConnell on 02/01/08

Some of the above edits add some interesting links and context to the article, however the majority make the article encyclopedic and impossible to read. The user appears to be ignorant of wikipedia editing convention, the function of the discussion page and simple html formatting. The arrogance with which the user denounces the article as poorly written (I haven't contributed thus far btw) I presume can only come from being a learned scholar on HH but nonetheless the end result was an unreadable article.

I had come to the page to add to what I already knew of the song not to brandish my own knowledge for all to see.

Where I have preferred McConnell's translation I have (correctly) substituted it for the original.Neil McDermott (talk) 11:48, 11 February 2008 (UTC)