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Thread #161552   Message #3840823
Posted By: Richie
22-Feb-17 - 04:07 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Died for Love Sources: PART III
Subject: RE: Origins: Died for Love Sources: PART III
Thanks Steve,

You're good at filling in the blanks!!!

I wanted to point this out (I suspect Steve knew this already)-- the Sailor Boy stanza:

If there are thousands, thousands in a Room
My Love she carries the brightest Bloom;
Sure she is some chosen one,
I will have her, or Ill have none.

is taken from Picking Lilies/Unfortunate Swain which is also tied into Died for Love with this stanza:

Must I be bound, must she be free,
Must I love one that loves not me;
If I should act such a childish part
To love a Girl that will break my heart.

which has been adapted in various ways. Another stanza from Unfortunate Swain is used for "Deep in Love" which I consider a separate song. I think it's prudent now to look at the "Must I Go Bound?" songs and the use of "Must I Go Bound?" in Died for Love. Even Jim Cleveland's Butcher Boy (5 posts back) uses it to great advantage:

6. Must I go bound while he goes free,
Must I love a boy who won't love me?
Or must I live my life in shame,
And raise a child without a name?

I'll start working on it,

Richie