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Thread #100972   Message #3255471
Posted By: grumpy al
12-Nov-11 - 07:31 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Cheapside / George Barnwell / Georgy...
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cheapside / George Barnwell / Georgy...
Thanks for the origional ballad, very interesting,
however I believe the line in the Bully Wee version
That has the line "with her rent of eighteen pipes"
should be "with her enervating pipes" i.e. being made somewhat insensible with, possibly, a pipe of opium.
Grumpy