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Posted By: GUEST,MikeofNorthumbria (sans cookie)
09-Sep-23 - 06:25 PM
Thread Name: A.L.Lloyd & Sea Chanties
Subject: RE: A.L.Lloyd & Sea Chanties
"When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre,
He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea;
An' what he thought 'e might require,
'E went an' took - the same as me!
The market-girls an' fishermen,
The shepherds an' the sailors, too,
They 'eard old songs turn up again,
But kep' it quiet - same as you!
They knew 'e stole; 'e knew they knowed.
They didn't tell, nor make a fuss,
But winked at 'Omer down the road,
An' 'e winked back - the same as us!"
Rudyard Kipling said that.
"I'll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours."
Dylan said that.
"Instead of brooding obsessively about Lloyd's occasional errors and misdeeds, why not spend a little time and energy celebrating the many things he got right?"
I say that.