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Thread #102221   Message #2069444
Posted By: MartinRyan
05-Jun-07 - 05:15 PM
Thread Name: DTStudy: The Peeler and the Goat
Subject: RE: DTStudy: The Peeler and the Goat
The version leaves out the ".. O!" ending usually given to each line.

In verse 3 above (the usual format is 8-line verses, BTW), for "cockey" read "croppy" as in Croppy Boy!

Overall, the DT version reads like a shortened version of that in O'Lochlainn's Irish Street Ballads" with a few minor misreadings or "translations for clarity" e.g. "mating season" for "ranting season". Sung versions in Ireland tend to stick to O'Lochlainn's text, in my experience - dropping the odd verse where attention spans demand!

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