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Thread #102149 Message #2067046
Posted By: The Borchester Echo
03-Jun-07 - 05:37 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Lily Bolero/Lilliburlero
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lily Bolero
There are lots. It's usually written as Lilli Bulero. This is a rather complicated explanation from Contemplator about how it was used in 17th century Ireland as an anti-Catholic rant.
What people usually want when asking about it is what Barry Dransfield sang on Morris On as Old Woman Tossed Up In A Blanket:
There was an old woman tossed up in a blanket 99 times as high as the moon And where she was going I couldn't but ask her For in her hand she carried a broom. 'Old woman, old woman, old women' quoth I 'O whither, O whither, O whither so high?' 'To sweep the cobwebs off he sky' And I'll be with you by and by.
I think, from memory. It's a bit too early to annoy the neighbours with THAT CD.