The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #1251   Message #3912
Posted By: dick greenhaus
06-Apr-97 - 12:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: No, John, No
Subject: RE: no john no
Hi- The cleaned-up version is the product of Cecil Sharp's refined sensibilities: he wanted school children to learn them. A Victorian form of PC.

I never liked that version because, to me, it missed the whole point of dealing with someone who always said "NO".

Lovely tune, in either case.