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Thread #39607   Message #3795040
Posted By: Lighter
12-Jun-16 - 08:08 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: women's drinking songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: women's drinking songs
I haven't compared the lyrics, but it sounds like "...Scolded" is an adaptation or rewrite of William B. Gray's once well-known "She is More to Be Pitied than Censured" (1898).

To "censure" means to express stern disapproval of (someone). A much more appropriate word in the song than "scold."