Atlantis - Page 2

Lizra · 03-31-2003, 10:36 AM

Oh ho! Those anti-deluvian rascals! It's all their fault!

Elvengirl · 03-31-2003, 07:11 PM

deluvian? I can't find in the dictionary, or do you mean diluvian?
sorry I hate to sound like an idiot or a nitpicker

Lizra · 03-31-2003, 08:26 PM

I mistakenly gave it an "e", thinking of the word "deluge". I see in the Donovan song lyrics it is spelled "antediluvian". Consider the spelling "nitpicked" !

Atlantis, by Donovan

The continent of Atlantis was an island
Which lay before the great flood
In the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean.
So great an area of land,
That from her western shores
Those beautiful sailors journeyed
To the South and the North Americas with ease,
In their ships with painted sails.
To them East Africa was a neighbour,
Across a short strait of sea miles.
The great Egyptian age is

But a remnant of The Atlantian culture.
The antediluvian kings colonised the world
All the Gods who play in the mythological dramas
In all legends from all lands were from far Atlantis.

Knowing her fate,
Atlantis sent out ships to all corners of the Earth.
On board were the Twelve:

The poet, the physician, The farmer, the scientist,
The magician and the other so-called Gods of our legends.
Though Gods they were -
And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind
Let us rejoice
And let us sing
And dance and ring in the new Hail Atlantis!

Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be,
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be,
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be.
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be,
Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be.
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah,
I wanna see you some day
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah,
My antediluvian baby,
My antediluvian baby, I love you, girl,
Girl, I wanna see you some day.
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah
I wanna see you some day, oh My antediluvian baby.
My antediluvian baby, I wanna see you
My antediluvian baby, gotta tell me where she gone
I wanna see you some day Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up,
oh yeah Oh club club, down down, yeah
My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah yeah yeah

When I wrote my paper, there were no computers. I had to play the 45 on my little turntable about 30 times to get all the lyrics copied!

Elvengirl · 04-02-2003, 12:02 PM

Thanks. I've studied a little of Donovan's theory, but I don't agree with it. But great poem!

Lizra · 04-02-2003, 08:55 PM

Yeah, It was "cosmic, cool, and far out"! I don't know about *true* though!

03-31-2003, 10:36 AM	#21
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Oh ho! Those anti-deluvian rascals! It's all their fault! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

03-31-2003, 07:11 PM	#22
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	deluvian? I can't find in the dictionary, or do you mean diluvian? sorry I hate to sound like an idiot or a nitpicker __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com

03-31-2003, 08:26 PM	#23
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	I mistakenly gave it an "e", thinking of the word "deluge". I see in the Donovan song lyrics it is spelled "antediluvian". Consider the spelling "nitpicked" ! Atlantis, by Donovan The continent of Atlantis was an island Which lay before the great flood In the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean. So great an area of land, That from her western shores Those beautiful sailors journeyed To the South and the North Americas with ease, In their ships with painted sails. To them East Africa was a neighbour, Across a short strait of sea miles. The great Egyptian age is But a remnant of The Atlantian culture. The antediluvian kings colonised the world All the Gods who play in the mythological dramas In all legends from all lands were from far Atlantis. Knowing her fate, Atlantis sent out ships to all corners of the Earth. On board were the Twelve: The poet, the physician, The farmer, the scientist, The magician and the other so-called Gods of our legends. Though Gods they were - And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind Let us rejoice And let us sing And dance and ring in the new Hail Atlantis! Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be, Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be, Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be. Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be, Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be. My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah, I wanna see you some day My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah, My antediluvian baby, My antediluvian baby, I love you, girl, Girl, I wanna see you some day. My antediluvian baby, oh yeah I wanna see you some day, oh My antediluvian baby. My antediluvian baby, I wanna see you My antediluvian baby, gotta tell me where she gone I wanna see you some day Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, oh yeah Oh club club, down down, yeah My antediluvian baby, oh yeah yeah yeah yeah When I wrote my paper, there were no computers. I had to play the 45 on my little turntable about 30 times to get all the lyrics copied! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

04-02-2003, 12:02 PM	#24
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	Thanks. I've studied a little of Donovan's theory, but I don't agree with it. But great poem! __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com

04-02-2003, 08:55 PM	#25
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Yeah, It was "cosmic, cool, and far out"! I don't know about true though! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

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