Subject: RE: just as the tide' last verse
From: Murray MacLeod - PM
Date: 12 Oct 17 - 05:28 PM

somebody commented to me recently, that this was one of the most reprehensible verses in a traditional song, my reaction was that they clearly were not acquainted with many tradtional songs.

I don't altogether understand why one would have to be "acquainted with many traditional songs" in order to find any particular song, or verse, reprehansibl"
if people have a wide knowledge of traditional songs they are in a position to talk about the repertoire and compare to other songs in the repertoire and compare reprehensibilty," just as the tide " imo is fairly mild in the reprehensibilty stakes compared to many others.