I'm reading everything, and more thoroughly when I've more time.

Ruth - agreed, I should have said abuse rather than rape. For a child, much behaviour can be normalised, doesn't mean it's not abusive. And secretly burying six/nine babies doesn't sound like cheerful acceptance to me. The abuse is about the shaming and the misogyny too.

Valmai - yes, some things are timeless! which is one reason we connect to and sing these songs, I guess.