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Thread #44800 Message #1088540
Posted By: Dave Hanson
08-Jan-04 - 05:20 AM
Thread Name: Word meanings in Banks Of Sicily
Subject: RE: Word meanings in Banks Of Sicily
Hamish did use both bastards and swaddies, as I said earlier he sent Charles Causley the words fo his book Modern Folk Ballads which contained the Bastards line and said this was his earlier version, the later version used ' swaddies ' eric