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Thread #16780 Message #2188251
Posted By: GUEST,Edthefolkie
07-Nov-07 - 07:53 AM
Thread Name: What songs do you 'see'?
Subject: RE: What songs do you 'see'?
When I first heard Tam Lin & Matty Groves by the Fairports (Oh God, 1969!!) I instantly had very clear almost Cinemascope pictures in my mind, of Tam Lin holding Janet's bridle and the servant swimming across the millstream, and all the other incidents in the songs.
Unfortunately Vikki Clayton, who has I believe now gone to the Antipodes as punishment, came up with these substitute lines for Matty:
And how do you like my feather bed And how do you like my sheets And how do you like the curtains I bought in the sale last week