ps when i was foolish enough to attend the vancpouver folk ss, they were all upset by rape songs. under the rubric of rape songs were: bogies bonny belle,(no one asks her opinion) the blacksmith,(she's been lied to by a cad to have sex) lilly of the west(stalking and murder of a f rival) and don't ever dare sing delia's gone by johnny cash. much as i love ytah phillips i hate his song "rock salt and nails", even i get offended that he's loading his shotgun to shoot his ex and her new beau,but i mostly think traditional songs should be preserved and sung--within reason
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