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Thread #63901   Message #1042683
Posted By: GUEST,Marta
27-Oct-03 - 01:33 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: What does 'tarried mean?
Subject: RE: Folklore: What does 'tarried mean?
Matt McGinn's song which he wrote for his daughter says:

Tell me what the tea leaves tell me
tell me mumma do
do they say that I will be
as lovely mum as you
do they say that I will marry
or that I will have to TARRY
tell me what the tealeaves tell me
tell me mumma do

I had always taken it to be remain unmarried.