Wikipedia: Peep shows, also known as peep box or raree show ("rarity show"), trace back to ancient times (15th century in Europe, by Leon Battista Alberti) and are known in various cultures. A peep show could be a wooden box with a hole or several holes, containing a set of pictures which the show-man could set into a viewing position by pulling a corresponding string. The boxes were often decorated inside to resemble theatrical scenes. The show was accompanied by spoken recitation that explained or dramatized what was happening inside.
The "Raree Show Song" started out as the title track for a previous body of work Garrick and I collaborated on.
The concept of the "Raree Show Song" easily arose from its actual meaning (as above) but I found it both more romantic and more poetic to imagine the "show-man" having the raree show stored in his head - created from all the noteworthy things he had observed in his wanderings.
"Look into his eyes
And see pictures in his mind
It's a raree show, indeed
Yes, a raree show, indeed!"
- chorus from the "Raree Show Song"
The "Raree Show Song" started out as the title track for a previous body of work Garrick and I collaborated on.
The concept of the "Raree Show Song" easily arose from its actual meaning (as above) but I found it both more romantic and more poetic to imagine the "show-man" having the raree show stored in his head - created from all the noteworthy things he had observed in his wanderings.
"Look into his eyes
And see pictures in his mind
It's a raree show, indeed
Yes, a raree show, indeed!"
- chorus from the "Raree Show Song"
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