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Thread #59399 Message #946734
Posted By: toadfrog
06-May-03 - 01:59 AM
Thread Name: 3 songs.Why these titles?
Subject: RE: 3 songs.Why these titles?
As I understand it, "Seventeen Come Sunday" is one of perhaps 17 names given to "The Lady and the Soldier" or "The Soldier and the Lady," or "How Old are You My Pretty Little Miss," etc. My mother used to sing a version called "Deutscher, Deutscher, Will You Marry Me." Old songs often have a different name in every village. Thus defeating logical taxonomy.