Mudcat Café message #3686947

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Thread #156361 Message #3686947
Posted By: GUEST,#
18-Dec-14 - 07:45 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Fair Margaret & Sweet Willliam- Child 74
Subject: RE: Origins: Fair Margaret & Sweet Willliam- Child 74

"They sat together that long summer's day,
And could not talk their fill."

I took that to mean that the lovers had so much to say to each other that they couldn't get it all said on that day.