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Thread #9589   Message #62486
Posted By: Sandy Paton
11-Mar-99 - 05:33 PM
Thread Name: Origins: riddle song (I Gave My Love a Cherry)
Subject: RE: riddle song
I think it was "Pop" Maynard who sang the rollicking "Never go a-Rushing, maids, I say" version in an English pub in the 1950s, but it may have been another singer. Anyway, the final verse included the line "A baby when it's making, there's no crying!" I always thought that made pretty good sense.

Sandy