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Thread #137757 Message #3152358
Posted By: MGM·Lion
11-May-11 - 05:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Old Time Cat o' Nine (Lord Invader)
Subject: RE: Lyrics: And every night... (Cat o'Nine Tails)
Another song which has just occurred to me in which whipping occurs, neither naval/military or shrew-taming, is "Going Down Town" {"Lynchburg Town" in DT} ~~ square-dance/bluegrass style tune with many floaters, but I don't think its two verses about "Going Down Town to get a bottle of wine, Hitched me to the whipping post and gave me 49" &c, occur in other songs. The reasons for the punishments are not specified ~~ they seem purely adventitious.
I learned it originally from singing of Tom Paley.