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Thread #67183 Message #1121503
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
22-Feb-04 - 10:15 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Give 'Em an Inch (Peggy Seeger)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Give 'em an Inch
The only song mentioning a midwife that is in "Folk Songs of Peggy Seeger" is a brief version of Queen Jane (Child 170). The first verse:
Queen Jane lay in labor for six weeks and some more, Her women grew weary and the midwife give o'er.
Queen Jane asks to be cut open to save the child. The baby lives but she dies.