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Thread #45263 Message #2750786
Posted By: Gurney
23-Oct-09 - 12:04 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Greenfleeves with an F (Flanders & Swann)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Greenfleeves with an F (Flanders & Swann)
Thank you, Jim, for this work of scholarship! It explains a lot of references that I haven't quite raised the enthusiasm to work out for myself. I will print out you post for future reference!
The only addition I can make is that 'Tight as Andronicus' is a play on words to the phrase 'Tight as a drum,' nowadays shortened to just 'tight.' ...Or that's how I took it.