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Thread #10091 Message #2219613
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
20-Dec-07 - 09:46 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Bells of Rhymney (Idris Davies/Pete Seeger
Subject: RE: Origin: Bells of Rhymney
GUEST,sian said, in part:
i do think this is just a parody of oranges and lemons
Not a parody. A development of a thought, an echo if you will, even a theft of an image, but not a parody. A parody embodies a degree of sarcasm, or a satirical turn which is not present in this moving song.
Dave Oesterreich