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Thread #2284   Message #8814
Posted By: Jon W.
16-Jul-97 - 12:03 PM
Thread Name: Strange words in Irish and Scottish songs
Subject: Strange words in Irish and Scottish songs
Does anybody know what the words Bleachcream (or bleachgreen) and bleachfield mean?

The first is from the song Roger O'Hehir on Planxty's album The Woman I Loved so Well, found in the DT database. I hear bleachgreen but the database has Bleachcream. It refers to a place Roger was trying to rob.

The second is from a song called "Jock McGraw" or "The Stoutest Man in the Forty Twa." The version on the DT database has a different line, but the version I heard has the captain turning to the sergeant after Jock enlists and saying "why you scamp, you've listed the bleachfield--out and tramp." Apparently it's some large inanimate object (a field?).