The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110621   Message #2334798
Posted By: Phil Edwards
07-May-08 - 08:43 AM
Thread Name: Bertsongs? (songs of A. L. 'Bert' Lloyd)
Subject: RE: Bertsongs?
I agree with all that, but it doesn't explain Lloyd's root-and-branch rewrite of Skewball (which he didn't own up to), or his brilliant reworking of Reynardine (which he lied about), or even his completely pointless addition of a nudge-nudge verse in the middle of Long a-Growing. Perhaps all of these (plus the 'industrial' songs we've been talking about) are vastly outnumbered by the songs Lloyd put down faithfully; I don't know, I haven't studied the subject.

It comes back to the first question Les asked (which you should be able to see if you scroll up a mile or two): "how long is the Bertsong list?"