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John Nolan	Lyr Req: The Lum Hat Wantin' the Croon (13)	RE: A lum hat wantin' a croon	30 Jan 99
Murray - in the version I know, every last line (except the errant verse) finishes with the word Mahoun - meaning the Devil, and then the line is repeated. E.g. A lum hat wantin' a croon, Mahoun, A lum hat wantin' a croon. By the time this song drifted south, "firing" - a word foreign to us Borderers - had become "raiment" and hake (from the low German word for hook) had lost its specific meaning, it seems. Pandora's box, awricht! This song was part of the Border folksinger Eck Elliot's repertoire, playing at shepherds' suppers, kirns and the like, in the '50s and '60s.

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