The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #7522   Message #48129
Posted By: Alice
05-Dec-98 - 11:24 AM
Thread Name: Most un-favorite song topics
Subject: RE: Most un-favorite song topics
Rick. Unicorns, yes. And Merlin, the holy grail, and such. Could that be the difference between folk and filk? In folk, unicorns and wizards are an undesirable topic, in filk, almost necessary. I do like some of the older traditional folk lyrics about legends and mythological creatures. An example I do like is "Silent O Moyle", about the Children of Lir, and the allegory about the starving homeless during the Irish famine, 'Shortcut Through the Rosses'. But you'll find no unicorns there.