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Thread #53016 Message #3377002
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
16-Jul-12 - 10:14 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Fields of Greenmore
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fields of Greenmore
I looked up coil in my unabridged dictionary. It does indeed give 'trouble or tumult' as a meaning, and then it cites one quote from Shakespeare. It also calls it 'archaic & dialect.'
There's no reason to suppose that the author of the song had ever heard 'coil' used in this odd sense. Personally, I think that Hamlet was referring to the human body when he said, "...shuffle off this mortal coil."
As for the republican allegory idea - the heck with it. You could take any song in the world and declare that it's an allegory for some political struggle. Let's see:
Bicyle Built for Two - 19th C. presidential candidate seeks v.p.
Once in Love with Amy - "amy' is obviously friendship in disguise. Song is a thinly-veiled enconium to gay and lesbian liberation.
:)