G'day concertina ceol,

I'm glad you have your words to the modern 'parody' version ... but I'm intrigued by GUEST,mellie's Mum's song ... apparently a (~) contemporary song about the actual murder and dismemberment of Frances Adams. This murder - and the (failed) attempt to scatter / conceal the corpse - was commemorated in the Royal Navy by applying the epithet "Sweet Fanny Adams" to any dubious preserved meat served to Sailors ... and this is the historical source of the expression "Sweet Fanny Adams" - or its diminutive "Sweet F A" - for anything small and uncertain ... not the dubious later "folk etymology" for "F A".

I would be interested to hear if any 'Catters have any other memories of this song.

Regards,

Bob Bolton