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Thread #67238   Message #2070363
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
06-Jun-07 - 07:57 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Controversial songs - Little Sir Hugh
Subject: RE: Origins: Controversial songs - Little Sir Hugh
I'm pretty sure that the text Steeleye Span used was not traditional, but a shortened Anglicization of Scottish materisl quoted by Child, re-written by themselves to remove any uncomfortable references. The chorus, too, was their own invention; though based on material that appears in some traditional versions, usually in the final stanzas.