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Thread #29729   Message #377440
Posted By: GUEST,Bruce O.
18-Jan-01 - 09:44 PM
Thread Name: Why the willow in All Around My Hat?
Subject: RE: Why the willow in All Around My Hat?
Sadness for something lost, usually love.

How now shepherd what means that,
Why wearst willow in thy hat

See Desdemona's 'Willow Song' in Othello, and search under 'willow' in the broadside ballad index on my website for others.