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Thread #99152 Message #1972637
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
19-Feb-07 - 01:02 PM
Thread Name: Absurdities in songs - any examples?
Subject: RE: Absurdities in songs - any examples?
In Good King Wenceslas "When a poor man came in sight, gathering winter fuel" "Sire, he lives a good league hence....right against the forest fence"
Okay, what is this idiot pauper doing travelling a league in dangerous weather coditions to get fuel (presumably wood) when he lives right next to the forest?