The second verse would've had a line like ''if you look you can find me by the symmet-tree!'' in the Big Quadratic Mountain.
This is an old song that dates back to the 1800s. However, the first version I'd encountered was a sanitized version that was turned into a children's tune for one of a series of kiddie videos about 20 years ago. (The videos were a little older than that.)
The next encounter I had was finding out that Burl Ives had recorded a version of the song. But for all his friendly Rudolph cheer, his was the traditional rendition, not one aimed at the kids.
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Adrienne Rich, mathematician.
6 hours ago
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