The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #173194 Message #4200152
Posted By: Doug Chadwick
31-Mar-24 - 02:19 PM
Thread Name: Naming in threes
Subject: RE: Naming in threes
Getting back to the opening post:-
It strikes me as very resonant -- the naming of springtime hopes which are also sadly left behind and lost by the singer. I'm wondering if this resonance even has to do with the naming techniques - naming by threes?
Can you think of other songs that do this -- or else that name these longed-for losses in a similar way?
Not things that are left behind and lost, in this case, but things that the singer is prepared to lose:-
JOHNNY HAS GONE FOR A SOLDIER
I'll sell my clock I'll sell my reel Likewise I'll sell my spinning wheel To buy my love a sword of steel