The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #24896 Message #2740663
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
07-Oct-09 - 04:01 PM
Thread Name: Matty Groves - who's the 'baddy'?
Subject: RE: Matty Groves - who's the 'baddy'?
The assumed ethic is one of "A man does what a man's got to do" - both Mattie and the Lord. In fact everyone is doing what they are expected to do in the convention of the ballad.