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Thread #676   Message #2580661
Posted By: domo
03-Mar-09 - 07:17 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Constant Lovers (A Sailor Courted...)
Subject: RE: Constant Lovers (A Sailor Courted...)
The above version by Kate Rusby is published as "The One Penny Portion" in "More Irish Street Ballads" by Colm O Lochlainn, without the last verse. The repetitive "constant bride" in the last line of the last verse sounds more like what the Beatles might write than waht you wold find in traditional song