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Thread #118543 Message #2564712
Posted By: Joybell
12-Feb-09 - 05:14 AM
Thread Name: Need tradl Australian songs for women
Subject: RE: Need tradl Australian songs for women
I don't believe "The Wee One" can be in any way be heard as anything but a song about a betrayed man.
... with this weeping and wailing and rocking the cradle and rocking a baby that's none of my own...
then there's ... my wife's on the rantan..
Clearly it's a man speaking. Lovely song though.
I'm careful where I sing it (without changing it) because sometimes women see it as funny. Imagine this in reverse -- if men laughed when you sang a song about an abandoned woman. I don't reckon pain is gender specific. Anyway lovely song.
Cheers, Joy