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Thread #153193 Message #3586726
Posted By: Stewie
26-Dec-13 - 10:17 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Birmingham Town (from Darby & Tarlton)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Darby & Tarlton - Birmingham Town
I think the meaning of 'lalla' in this context is meretricious - vulgar and flashy. Put Lalla + meretrious in Google and you will come up with several references, particularly to verses by Thomas Moore. The 'four winds beat' is possibly a reference to the four winds in the Old Testament.