philosophizing on frameworks

Being inspired by my third visit to see the Christmas Revels.  In which, of course, the story is an excuse to fit together songs, dances, and anything else they chose to throw in.  Not unlike, say, The Wizard of Oz, where Dorothy's travels are as much an excuse to move her about Oz and let Baum show off its regions as a way to get home (possibly more).  Or, more closely, Arabian Nights, or The Black Thief And The Knight Of The Glen.
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Coventry Carol

Lully, lullay, Thou little tiny Child,
By, by, lully, lullay.
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