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Marje	Origins: Sweet Nightingale... tune from an opera? (31)	RE: Sweet Nightingale... tune from an opera?	26 Mar 17
Of course it's a euphemism, of a well known sort, which lends support to the idea that at least some of the text is traditional. However, as I mentioned above, it also undermines the idea of an ancient Cornish origin for these lyrics, as people would be unlikely to keep using an figure of speech relating to a bird that was not native or familiar in their region. Marje

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