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Thread #7782   Message #2392186
Posted By: Severn
18-Jul-08 - 12:29 PM
Thread Name: Alternative words for the Wild Rover??
Subject: RE: Alternative words for the Wild Rover??
I always envisioned an animal control version, as might be sung by the rogered vet in the example above, whereas:

"I never will spay the wild rover no more....."


Or the alternative words of the landlady, after finding her customer is solvent after all:

"....She said 'I have whiskey and wines of the best
And the words I must eat, now, I'll surely ingest'...."