The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #67760   Message #1134716
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
12-Mar-04 - 10:35 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Some Old Woman (S Silverstein, B Gibson)
Subject: RE: Bob Gibson's 'Some Old Woman' - trad???
Trad? I shouldn't think so.

The irregular structure, with the long lines of the introductory verse, and then the little three-line verses, don't seem typical of trad.

Additionally, the "woh, woh, woh" sounds too reminiscent of modern song style to be traditional.

Dave Oesterreich