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Origins: Little Ball of Yarn DigiTrad: LITTLE BALL OF YARN LITTLE BALL OF YARN (2) LITTLE BALL OF YARN (3) TRAMP TRAMP TRAMP Related threads: Lyr Req: Vonnegut's Song (4) Lyr Req: Ball of Yarn (Sean Cannon version) (2)
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Subject: RE: Origins: Little Ball of Yarn From: The Sandman Date: 20 Dec 24 - 07:22 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8H9wpMBVtw dick miles ball of yarn |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Little Ball of Yarn From: and e Date: 20 Dec 24 - 05:04 PM ...so we know that such popular songs as "Anymore" From "In Defense of Bawdy Ballads" by Oscar Brand. Modern Man magazine. Jan, 1957. Does anyone know the popular song "Anymore" that Brand references ? |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Little Ball of Yarn From: GUEST Date: 21 Dec 24 - 10:58 PM Heard this song a lot back in the 1960s in Devon and Cornwall, but always with the chorus: "Sweet Belinda, Sweet Belinda Tell me truly, tell me truly you'll be mine Like the blackbird and the thrush, keep your hand upon your brush And your finger on your little ball of twine". Guessing that the Sweet Belinda bit was borrowed from another song, and ditto for "twine" replacing "yarn". Who was Belinda, or was the phrase Sweet Belinda a profanity of local (West Country) origin? (I seem to recall Sweet Belinda being shouted rather than sung). Any thoughts? |
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