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Thread #153381   Message #3591835
Posted By: Richie
13-Jan-14 - 09:26 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: 'Bent his breast' meaning in songs
Subject: RE: Folklore: 'Bent his breast' meaning in songs
Flanders J:

He smote upon his breast, and away swung [swum] he,
All in the Lowland low,
He smote upon his breast, and away swung he,
And he swung till he came to the French galilee.