'Conclusions', by Cecil Sharp

I have that song, Richard! Oh, this is SO excitin'! It's on my 'Meatloaf Sings Ancient Folksongs In The PentatonicScale' LP! I came to the conclusion that Cecil had 'the hots' for Maudie, by the end of that song.

"The mind of the folk singer is occupied exclusively with the words, with the clearness of which he will allow nothing to interfere. Consequently, he but rarely sings more than one note to a syllable and will often. interpolate a syllable of his own rather than break this rule....."

No, the mind of a true folk singer is occupied with sex, murder, sex, death, sex, birds, sex, ploughboys, sex, country life, sex, ships, sex, parting, sex and......SEX!