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Thread #102674   Message #2134383
Posted By: nutty
27-Aug-07 - 07:57 AM
Thread Name: Whitby Folk Week 2007!/How'd it go?
Subject: RE: Whitby Folk Week 2007!/How's it doing?
'The Beautiful Muff' is a very old song. Copies of the broadside circa 1850 can be found in the Bodleian Museum collection - HERE

Maggie does sing the song extremely well with just the right amount of pathos, so that you are not sure if the double-entendre is really intended.