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Thread #137757   Message #3152633
Posted By: MorwenEdhelwen1
12-May-11 - 05:48 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Old Time Cat o' Nine (Lord Invader)
Subject: RE: Lyrics: And every night... (Cat o'Nine Tails)
And I would sing it- as part of a historical presentation on youth culture or the generation gap, or how adults' views of young people are reflected in folk music, or as part of a Legal Studies task on law reform and young offenders, with a careful explanation of the context. I certainly wouldn't perform it at school or in a singing concert setting, and I wouldn't sing it in front of any older people (or anyone really), with painful and vivid memories of corporal punishment.