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Literature | John Anderson, my Jo This song, like "Green Sleeves and Pudding Pies," "Maggy Lauder" and some others, were invectives against the Catholic clergy about the time of the Reformation. The first verse refers to their luxurious habits: - "John Anderson, my Jo, aim in as ze gae bye, And ze sall get a sheip's heid weel baken in a Pye; Weel baken in a pye, and the haggis in a pat. John Anderson, my Jo, cum in, and ze's get That." Another verse refers to the seven sacraments or "Seven bairns of Mother Church." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO |
| Specialty definitions using "JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO": Hand-in-Hand. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | John Anderson, my Jo, a Scotch Air, sung by Sinclair, arranged by Kozeluch. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 4F 48 4E 41 4E 44 45 52 53 4F 4E 2C 4D 59 4A 4F |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01001111 01001000 01001110 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 01000101 01010010 01010011 01001111 01001110 00101100 00100000 01001101 01011001 00100000 01001010 01001111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J O H N   A N D E R S O N ,   M Y   J O |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 004F 0048 004E 0041 004E 0044 0045 0052 0053 004F 004E 002C 004D 0059 004A 004F |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4449424823548383952534948142475924449 |
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