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Thread #141479   Message #3257495
Posted By: Brian Peters
15-Nov-11 - 11:07 AM
Thread Name: Death by drowning in traditional songs
Subject: RE: Death by drowning in traditional songs
Did the lady and the baby drown in "Banks of Green Willow" Brian? In the version that I know the captain is pretty confident that they will do so but it remains inconclusive.

The English versions tend to be a bit inconclusive, if not garbled, Dave. Sometimes she's last seen swimming towards the aforementioned Banks, but in my version she's to be buried there (the coffin, or nails, of "gold shining yellow" providing a convenient half rhyme).