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Thread #52556   Message #805833
Posted By: Thomas the Rhymer
17-Oct-02 - 11:59 PM
Thread Name: Dowie Dens of Yarrow
Subject: RE: Dowie Dens of Yarrow
Context is important here. Her father has just told her that she needn't cry, because he will be able to wed her to a 'better' man... This explains to me what she was referring to... In a sense, she seems to be saying, "If you've got to be marrying somebody..., DAD!,... get one of your seven sons (or all of them if you like) and marry them off tomorrow... I'm still in love with the lad I loved on the dowie dens o yarrow... and just leave me alone right now. ttr