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Thread #150417   Message #3520455
Posted By: Suzy Sock Puppet
29-May-13 - 02:22 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Child Ballads: US Versions Part 5
Subject: RE: Origins: Child Ballads: US Versions Part 5
I know, that was bad.

Another one that can blow out the window is "Little Sir Hugh." There is no such thing as a yenta serial killer who stabs beautiful children with a pen knives and throws them down a well for no particular reason. It's obviously a song created to teach fear and hatred of Jews to little children. It's truly a vile thing.