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Thread #79877   Message #1454795
Posted By: Jacob B
07-Apr-05 - 05:48 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Padstow's Obby Oss
Subject: RE: Folklore: Padstow's Obby Oss
As an American who has never had the good fortune to visit Padstow, I'd appreciate it if any of the experts in this thread could shed some light on the meaning of the song I know as The Padstow Mayers Song. As I know it, the verse goes:

Oh where is Saint George
Oh where is he now
He's out in his longboat
All on the salt sea oh
Up flies the kite
Down falls the lark, oh
Aunt Ursula Birdwood, she had an old yow
And it died in its own park, oh

Is that correct? What does it mean?

Jacob