Walrus, sorry - I obviously wasn't being very clear..

what I suspect is that someone has constructed a song - quoted by Bat Goddess above out of various other songs - "The shearin's no for you" and "Kelvingrove" and other bits, put it to the tune, and now it's getting quoted as the authentic version.

So - I was (politely) trying to cast doubt on what I suspect is the made-up version, by quoting from it. Yes, I completely agree about the "rightness" of the line about "frockie for your loon" - it was the line about "you've married sicca loon" I don't agree with.

I don't think it means anything. You married such a boy?

The practice of keeping young boys in skirts or dresses was commonplace in Britain until well after the turn of the century (1900).. plenty of old photographs to attest to that.

Cheers

Steven