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Thread #88264   Message #1655811
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
25-Jan-06 - 11:18 PM
Thread Name: English song about marriage warnings
Subject: RE: English song about marriage warnings
A Stitch in Time (DT file, from an unattributed source, lacking proper credits). Also various forum threads, in at least one of which I provided the appropriate writer credits.

Not really relevant to this discussion, though.

There are plenty of modern songs like that on the subject, but I can't think of anything traditional in the English language (of course there are plenty in mainland Europe). Just possibly, you may get somewhere if you look into occupational traditions (Gerald Porter is the authority on that, I think) - some songs from that context might possibly serve. The kind that go with work-based pre-marriage customs among female workers, rather than their families.

Everything else that has been suggested seems to be in answer to a completely different question that Chris didn't ask. Well meant, though predictable (all those songs have been discussed here before, generally in more detail); but essentially irrelevant.