I put it down here as I felt it was a more general pronunciation question that was triggered by hearing a song rather than one about the (non folk) song. Besides that, we have gone into wine (and cordial making). I'm not sure well ever get everything 100% in the right place and we will dissagree but my view is remains it is BS... But yep. I only knew the Elkie Brooks version which was quit popular in the UK late 70s. The song itself dates back to 1950 apparently and has been recorded by a few. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac_Wine
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