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Thread #104768   Message #2151474
Posted By: Big Al Whittle
17-Sep-07 - 06:57 PM
Thread Name: Review: Things learned from Folk Ballads
Subject: RE: Review: Things learned from Folk Ballads
Yes I've often thought Willy....his friends must think - he's a bit of a prick!

rhymming slang for Silly

besides my dearest Willy, I am with child by thee

Oh really......!
I'm silly willy, I don't notice these things. Gosh.....! preggers.... I suppose I'd better go off to sea for seven long years, that's the sort of twat I am. I've taken the Kings Shilling and when a fellow's given his word, Queen Anne comands and we obey! Sorry old fruit!

Seriously though. is this our priceless heritage, that we turn to serious folksingers/songwriters and tell them they are not singing real folk music because it doesn'r bear some fatuous relationship to?