Titles are usually derived from the song subject, or the first or most prominent line of the first line of the first verse or chorus.
These 3 well known songs are known by a snatch of text buried deep in the song or chorus. You may know others.
The first is about a soldier's seduction of a girl who lives with her mother. In one verse he asks her age. It could stand without this verse, but her reply gives the title Seventeen Come Sunday
In this song, many lines could provide a title, so why in particular She Moved Through The Fair
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Finally, in this song I suspect the line in the chorus has been chosen for the erotic imagery of lifting her petticoat Easy And Slow
Any other reasons for these choices?
Any other examples?
Keith.