Recently I told a music group that I think I know the story behind the song: it was the husband who discovered his wife's and his best friend's perfidy and framed his friend in revenge.

One musician said, 'Well, that's ridiculous. Why wouldn't he have spoken up and said where he'd been?'

My notion, as I said at the time, is that there was a time when one would not admit adultery, much less admitting having cuckholded one's own best friend. The equivalent today might be pederasty: without being forced to, no one is going to admit to being a pedophile.

Any thoughts?