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Thread #115146   Message #2462133
Posted By: CupOfTea
10-Oct-08 - 10:47 AM
Thread Name: Words you may not find in Folk songs
Subject: RE: Words you may not find in Folk songs
If Lou & Peter Berryman were English, you might very well have a song challenge that they'd take on. One of the most splendiferous things about their songs is the extensive and obscure vocabulary they use to get across a point succinctly. One must come up to their vocabulary, for they'll not talk down to you. I don't see "poodle-faker" being able to hold its own against Berryman phrases like "the wiener-dog of doom."

Joanne in Cleveland