{"id":13605,"date":"2013-03-24T17:25:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T21:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=13605"},"modified":"2013-03-24T17:25:53","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T21:25:53","slug":"a-song-for-a-snowy-palm-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/03\/a-song-for-a-snowy-palm-sunday.html","title":{"rendered":"A Song for a Snowy Palm Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

You can sing this to the tune of \u201cI Believe in Father Christmas\u201d by Greg Lake<\/a> (there are also versions by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer and also by U2 that you may be familiar with):<\/p>\n

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I Believe in Snow at Easter<\/strong><\/p>\n

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They said there\u2019ll be snow at Easter<\/p>\n

And snow on Palm Sunday too<\/p>\n

At this moment I hear it falling<\/p>\n

And there\u2019s nothing that I can do<\/p>\n

\"\"I remember Palm Sunday morning<\/p>\n

In a springtime not long ago<\/p>\n

With the peal of a bell and an Easter egg shell<\/p>\n

And no need to be shoveling snow<\/p>\n

They sold me a dream of Easter<\/p>\n

They sold me a freezing night<\/p>\n

I listened to the weather report<\/p>\n

\u2019till I believed its a blizzard alright<\/p>\n

And I dreamed of the Easter bunny<\/p>\n

And I envied his furry suit<\/p>\n

\u2019till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn<\/p>\n

And dug out my old winter boots<\/p>\n

I wish you a hopeful Easter<\/p>\n

And a brave Palm Sunday too<\/p>\n

May all snow plows and salters<\/p>\n

Leave their garages early<\/p>\n

and let your road be clear<\/p>\n

They said there\u2019ll be snow at Easter<\/p>\n

Icy conditions throughout the week<\/p>\n

Hosanna again, so stay warm now my friend<\/p>\n

The Palm Sunday you get will be bleak<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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You can sing this to the tune of \u201cI Believe in Father Christmas\u201d by Greg Lake (there are also versions by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer and also by U2 that you may be familiar with): \u00a0 I Believe in Snow at Easter \u00a0 They said there\u2019ll be snow at Easter And snow on Palm Sunday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,63],"tags":[1852,2936,3025,3370,4211,4871,5131,7803,8645,8739,11570,13600],"class_list":["post-13605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","category-music","tag-christmas","tag-easter","tag-elp","tag-father","tag-greg-lake","tag-humor","tag-indianapolis","tag-music","tag-palm-sunday","tag-parody","tag-song","tag-weather"],"yoast_head":"\nA Song for a Snowy Palm Sunday<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You can sing this to the tune of "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Greg Lake (there are also versions by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer and also by U2 that\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/03\/a-song-for-a-snowy-palm-sunday.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Song for a Snowy Palm Sunday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You can sing this to the tune of "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Greg Lake (there are also versions by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer and also by U2 that\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/03\/a-song-for-a-snowy-palm-sunday.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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