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Thread #127487   Message #2845605
Posted By: MGM·Lion
21-Feb-10 - 04:45 AM
Thread Name: lyr/Origins: Pretty polly (Knife in the Window)
Subject: RE: lyr/Origins: Pretty polly (Knife in the Window)
What a variable song-family!: from the comparatively lyrical, harmless love cycle of "Would I could woo you:Well would wooing undo you?/Mouth I would kiss it:Well be sure you don't miss it/Love you & wed you:Don't say I misled you" ~

to the "Drawers they do hinder:knife by the winder/Can't undo me breeches:Take a knife & cut the stitches" ~

to the above "Shit on floor", "Save prick but bollocks drop off", &c variants. Wow, what a distance in expression and atmosphere.

Fascinating!