Joe, I'll go along with Jim Lad about 'Liverpool Lullaby,' it never ocurred to me that his Dad would REALLY 'give him a belt,' but that it was just an unsubstantiated threat to get the little bloke to calm down.

When I was a little guy, the threat was "The nine-o-clock hosses will get you!" Never did find out what they were.

On topic, 'Fanny Blair' moves me, and 'A Mother's Love's a Blessing' will make Her Indoors cry, sometimes.