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Thread #7782 Message #2393884
Posted By: GUEST,JonnyD
21-Jul-08 - 02:51 AM
Thread Name: Alternative words for the Wild Rover??
Subject: RE: Alternative words for the Wild Rover??
Les in Chorlton said:
Am I correct in thinking:
1. It is English rather than Irish
2. It is a temperance song rather than a drinking song?
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1. Yes
2. Yes - or at least a morality song
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Barbara said:
Trust the English to take all the fun out of the situation and make it a lugubrious moral lament.
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Trust the Irish to take anything with any depth & character from another culture & turn it into some kind of diddly diddly drunken crap for the tourists ;-)