The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #69709   Message #1184992
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
13-May-04 - 03:20 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Cottage Thatched with Straw
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cottage well thatched with straw
The published sets taken from tradition all have "home-brewed, brown bread, And...", which suggests that the putative original also had it so. The comma is intended to make it clear that two different things are being listed; the brown bread is not home-brewed! Possibly not everybody who sings it has realised that.