Mudcat Café message #2636534

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Thread #120974 Message #2636534
Posted By: DannyC
20-May-09 - 10:23 AM
Thread Name: Looking for a trad song about dancing
Subject: RE: Looking for a trad song about dancing

There's this lovely quick couplet in Burns' "Mary Morrison":

... "Yestreen, when to the trembling string
the dance ga'ed thro the lichted hall..."