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Brian Peters Lyr Add: Allan Tyne of Harrow / Valentine O'Hara (86* d) RE: Lyr Add: Allan Tyne of Harrow / Valentine O'Hara 28 Oct 20


Martin wrote:
I'm not sure why he changed 'great Hector ne’er was bolder' to 'no sergeant-at-arms was bolder'

Presumably to make it sound less antiquarian and poetic, while conveying a more vernacular though still suitably archaic flavour. Not an unknown behaviour for either Ewan or Bert!


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