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Thread #158199 Message #3739731
Posted By: Steve Gardham
25-Sep-15 - 01:38 PM
Thread Name: what do the words mean?Child Ballad 281(The Creel)
Subject: RE: what do the words mean?Child Ballad 281(The Creel)
Nice one, Jack.
The rats motif first appears in Peter Buchan's version and it's very likely he published it on broadsides locally. The dream bit and the sexual reference is absolutely typical of Peter.