Margarita's original post to this thread was all about words and phrases found in songs. If that isn't an appropriate topic for this forum, what the hell is?

Many of us are interested in very old songs, in which some of the words may have been discarded from our current dictionaries. In order to sing these songs (and ballads), it helps to know the meanings of these terms. I am forced to assume that the anonymous carper above is less interested in this aspect of the forum. Okay, but don't deny the rest of us the opportunity to make use of it. If a topic doesn't meet with your approval, just skip over it and go on to one that does. Fair enough?

Sandy