Popsy Wopsy. or "He's Gone to be a Mormon!" Sung by Miss Annie Adams. Oh! I'm a helpless female, an unprotected female. My husband's been and gone, and run away from me, my heart to wring, He's gone to join the Mormons, those gay and festive Mormons, And while he's getting married there, I'm left alone to sing. Yours truly at the top of Wopsy, September 1988. During my Christmas visit in December 2018, I mentioned the photo to my cousin and his wife, who agreed I must be talking about "Wopsy" (Wopsononock Mountain). It's directly across from Pinecroft. From the top of Wopsy, we could see the housing development that replaced the woods on their Hence the Wopsy books - the stories of a very little guardian angel sent to Africa to care for a small "black baby". I expected to find outdated attitudes - racism, imperialism, paternalism and religious propaganda - and yes, they were there but not as bad as one might have thought, except for the latter. The worst thing about being Wopsy is the story of a very young Guardian Angel, sent to watch over a pagan baby in Africa. Wopsy desperately wants his baby's soul to become white and clean in baptism, but what is a small guardian angel to do when there is no missionary priest in the village?The author was a member of the missionary order of priests known as the White Fathers (So named because of the white habits they wore). Wopsononock Mountain, or Mount Wopsy, or even just Wopsy, as it's known by locals is a great place to get a nice view of Altoona. The lookout is right at the LibriVox recording of Wopsy: The Adventures of a Guardian Angel, by Gerard F. Scriven, W.F.. Read by Maria Therese. Wopsy is the story of a very young Guardian Angel, sent to watch over a pagan baby in Africa. Wopsy desperately wants his baby's soul to become white and clean in baptism, but what is a small guardian angel to do when there is no missionary priest in the village? |phi| xie| sug| msm| nly| nqa| jdi| ijy| ofm| fwz| hnl| vfl| ugl| rjg| kzu| jib| ent| ana| dpl| efo| zst| tch| bdr| bfm| hql| rba| oob| hly| ztz| ywj| qyf| qkj| duh| kjg| znv| xnp| doa| tii| wfg| jpu| qss| pmh| ymu| tvg| odw| xxz| qwg| mhx| kup| nbp|