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Thread #57644 Message #3664052
Posted By: GUEST,Dai Jeffries
27-Sep-14 - 07:13 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Semi demi quaver
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Semi demi quaver
A bit late I know but I heard this song last night for the first time since about 1973. The author was Thomas D'Urfey (isn't it always?)and the lyrics given are the now usual distillation of a whole set of floaters. A tailor's goose was a flat iron and 'stabble' was originally 'stab awl'. In the west country it was pronounced 'starbole'.