I love it when we get all metaphysical!
   Jim

This conversation is a perfect response to the initial question.  xml-dev wins again!

Thanks,

Simon

On 11/27/2017 1:43 PM, Webb Roberts wrote:

But that would just be a performance of the song. 

On Nov 27, 2017, at 13:40, John Cowan <johnwcowan@g...> wrote:

On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Webb Roberts <webb@w...> wrote:

'Well, what IS the song, then?' said Alice, who was by this time completely bewildered.

'I was coming to that,' the Knight said. 'The song really IS "A-SITTING ON A GATE": and the tune's my own invention.'

As Martin Gardner pointed out, this can't be right: this is just another name.  The Knight should have said "The song really _is_" and then sung it immediately.

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