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Thread #164528   Message #3940192
Posted By: Richard Mellish
29-Jul-18 - 04:58 AM
Thread Name: Origins: James Madison Carpenter- Child Ballads 4
Subject: RE: Origins: James Madison Carpenter- Child Ballads 4
Two more small comments on the Welsh versions.

One of the bits of wording in the CD booklet that didn't look right to me was "In jian I wnio". The other transcriptions of the Welsh versions tell us that it should be "injian i wnio". The word "injian" is presumably a Welsh adoption of English "engine".

Besides the obvious point about dating, I wonder whether this insertion of the modern sewing machine and five pounds into a timeless story was intended as a joke, with that whole version being something of a spoof.