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Thread #68556   Message #1157984
Posted By: Herga Kitty
09-Apr-04 - 02:02 PM
Thread Name: Songs about blacksmiths
Subject: RE: Songs about blacksmiths
Kat Graebe sings "A blacksmith courted me" with the extra verse included in Roy Palmer's "Bushes and Briars" anthology of songs collected by Cecil Sharp, that totally changes the conclusion of the song:

Come all you pretty maids, don't you be daunted
By being left alone - from your lovers parted.
Now do as I have done, you will your trouble smother.
And keep your spirits up, you soon will find another.