"Why not? Folk music covers life, death, hanging, drowning, incest, buggery, necrophilia and a whole host of others I may not even want to imagine!"

True, but very few actually RELISH it.

I understand what you are saying Morwen. I was brought up at a time when this was common practice in schools but not, thankfully, in my home. It is not a practice I care to dwell on. I just find the song nauseating. Oh, and it's appallingly written!