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Thread #21413 Message #4064466
Posted By: Lighter
16-Jul-20 - 03:43 PM
Thread Name: Origins: John Kanaka
Subject: RE: Origins: John Kanaka
No matter what you might do to make "The Milkmaid" bawdy, the formulaic dialogue would - except for a few key words - run pretty much the same way.
I believe that Carpenter recorded one or two innocent versions - from seamen unlikely to have been influenced by print.
Maybe everybody was laughing while they sang them - to the enjoyment of the passengers,