Have you seen Jack-In-The-Green? Jethro Tull

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Pastimes
Have you seen Jack-In-The-Green? Jethro Tull

An SI Board Since November 1999

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Make this thread #1 please
OK, i want to make this as short as possible.
My Dad does a lot of things well.
One of those things is playing music.
For the last few years, he has taught me how to play several stringed instruments.
Each week, he uses a real song to show something that he wants me to learn.
Last week, it was Jack-In-The-Green by Jethro Tull.

I thought it was no big deal, but the other guys in my band thought it was way cool.
They made me play it on acoustic guitar and sing it in front of our friends (groupies).
I hate to sing, but they liked it and want to keep the song.

The reason i am starting this thread is that i want to know what people think the words of the song mean.
thanks
This is what there are:

Jack-In-The-Green

Have you seen Jack-In-The-Green?
With his long tail hanging down.
He sits quietly under every tree ---
in the folds of his velvet gown.
He drinks from the empty acorn cup
the dew that dawn sweetly bestows.
And taps his cane upon the ground ---
signals the snowdrops it's time to grow.

It's no fun being Jack-In-The-Green ---
no place to dance, no time for song.
He wears the colours of the summer soldier ---
carries the green flag all the winter long.

Jack, do you never sleep ---
does the green still run deep in your heart?
Or will these changing times,
motorways, powerlines,
keep us apart?
Well, I don't think so ---
I saw some grass growing through the pavements today.

The rowan, the oak and the holly tree
are the charges left for you to groom.
Each blade of grass whispers Jack-In-The-Green.
Oh Jack, please help me through my winter's night.
And we are the berries on the holly tree.
Oh, the mistlethrush is coming.
Jack, put out the light.

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9	hi PatiBob, yeah RE: <i>You're right mistlethrush is a small European	Teddy	-	11/28/1999
8	You're right,a mistlethrush is a small European bird. Anything else we can	PatiBob	-	11/28/1999
7	thanks Crocodile and PatiBob for the excellent information on the Green Man. Th	Teddy	-	11/27/1999
6	BTW, the song, Jack-In-The-Green can be found on the album "Songs From the	PatiBob	-	11/27/1999
5	I've been a Tull fan for 30 years. Did my music final on "Aqualung&qu	PatiBob	-	11/27/1999
4	Wow...I wonder if one can get decorative stone figures for a yard of the Green	Annette	-	11/26/1999
3	You're welcome... I'm glad that you liked it...;-}>	Crocodile	-	11/26/1999
2	That Was Way Kewl...Thank You Croc. :0)	10K a day	-	11/26/1999
1	Do you know what that Jack-In-The-Green is? He is what is known as a Green Man	Crocodile	-	11/26/1999

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