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Thread #124949   Message #2763045
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
09-Nov-09 - 05:13 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Unquiet Grave, Hammond and Gardiner
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Unquiet Grave, Hammond and Gardiner
Penny

To end your misery! This from Marrowbones:

  My lips they are as cold as clay.
  My breath be heavy and strong.
  You have one kiss of my lily-white lips,
  Your life will not be long.

  My life be't long or short, sweetheart,
  But that is all I crave,
  They I shall be along with you,
  A-lying in my grave.


If you pop along to the EFDSS Take Six search page and search for D483 on the Alternate reference number key, you can see the original ms. There seem to be a few minor textual differences between the ms and the published text.

Mick