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Thread #78750   Message #1419901
Posted By: alanabit
24-Feb-05 - 03:21 PM
Thread Name: Acceptable adjectives in folk songs
Subject: Acceptable adjectives in folk songs
A couple of years back, Spaw gave use a hilarious DIY, build your own country song kit.
I was wondering what adjectives are acceptable in a folk song with at least some roots a couple of hundred years old. Adjectival phrases count too, of course.
hands (female) lily-white
steed          milk white
maid          bonny/tender fair
hares & hair (female) - bonny black
What other acceptable adjectives are there?