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Thread #4345 Message #3844467
Posted By: GUEST,John Moulden
12-Mar-17 - 11:21 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bold Doherty
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bold Doherty
My father he wore a long staff and a farell ???
A pike in the end for to hold the floor
I depended my life on this fellows halberd
A terrible road to Mic Collin's door
The writers and printers of ballads were no more literate than the populace. How about this:
My father he bore a long staff with a ferrule
A pike on the end for to hold the floor
etc.