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Thread #97631 Message #1923249
Posted By: Roberto
31-Dec-06 - 12:33 PM
Thread Name: a verse in Tom Paley' Love Henry
Subject: a verse in Tom Paley' Love Henry
From LOVE HENRY (Child #68)sung by Tom Paley on Tom Paley & Peggy Seeger, Who's going to shoe, Topic 1964.
What is the meaning of the reference to the beads: an offer (hush, and these precious grain, shall be yours) or a menace (hush, or you'll have to eat these beads instead of grains)?
Hush up, hush up, my parrot – she cried Don't tell no news on me Or these costly beads around my neck I'll apply them all to thee