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GUEST,James Phillips Lyr Add: The Tailor and the Louse (24) RE: Lyr Add: The Tailor and the Louse 20 Aug 24

Re: the tailor as an object of ridicule in folk songs, can I also speculate that it is at least something to do with the fact that “tailor” is a close rhyme to “sailor,” and sailors are usually presented as tough and manly in folk songs. Therefore the tailor is often presented as a stark contrast, the very opposite of the sailor. You see this theme explored in songs like “I’ll go and list for a sailor” in which a tailor laments the loss of his woman to a sturdy, black bearded captain.

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