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Thread #125089   Message #2767090
Posted By: jacqui.c
16-Nov-09 - 01:11 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Should we sing the Wild Rover sober?
Subject: RE: Origins: Should we sing the Wild Rover sober?
I presume the two verses dealing with the pub landlady were not included in the original song then. They wouldn't seem to jibe with this being written by a puritanical Londoner or adopted by the temperance movement!