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Thread #143474   Message #3316169
Posted By: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
02-Mar-12 - 12:34 PM
Thread Name: Incest ballads (songs)
Subject: RE: Incest ballads
Okay - singing Child #52 through in the shower just now (not a thought I want to put in anyone's head) I decided there was no way I want to imply rape, so I freestyled a verse (and a bit) to make the encounter more consensual & give Lady Jean a more proactive role in the proceedings:

So he took her by the middle so sma'
An they've danced around aroond the green
And they laughed and they sang til the need it was done -
An she bade him dae't again, my luve, she bade him dae't again.

Now sin ye have got your will o me,
Pray tell to me yoir name,
For I am the King's young dochter Jean
And this night I'll e'er gang hame my luve, this night I'll ne'er gang hame


Sacriledge? Maybe so, but I reckon it sets up the rest of the ballad just fine & makes for a better tension. Anyway, soon as I got out the shower, I recorded it, towel clad and dripping, up to the point it all goes sour...

http://soundcloud.com/sedayne-fiddlesangs/lady-jean-child-52-amended-2-3