I've always sung various versions of the songs in the "Died for Love" family. Some recent requests here prompted me to ask about something that has had me puzzled for years. When I performed in restaurants I often sang the song "The Maiden's Prayer" (not the usual song with that title - the one I've just put in.) It's very sililiar to "The Butcher's Boy". Almost always people began to snigger from the start. There's nothing rude or even really suggestive about the words. I could sing the same story in another version and no one thought it least bit funny. I did find "The Maiden's Prayer" (under another title) in a book of rugby songs, but that just adds to the confusion. All the other songs in this book are so rude that most of them have ****s all through them.
A lady once told me that she had the rude words to the song I'd just sung but when she whispered them to me THEY WERE THE SAME!
Why is this? Am I missing something? Always-the-last-to-know. Joy