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Thread #58775 Message #3850771
Posted By: Gallus Moll
16-Apr-17 - 08:01 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Auntie Mary Had a Canary
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Auntie Mary Had a Canary
not had time to read through all the posts - but there are / were a number of 'Seceder' songs which were doggerel versions of Psalms (and hymns?) that church choirs would rehearse on weekdays, it being thought very wrong to sing holy materiel other than on a sunday.
Some of the words were to my ear quite - disrespectful? racy even?! Sorta defeating the purpose - -- !!!!
I only know one or two but there are bound to be more- - - (eg the Auld Seceder Cat)