08 Aug 99 - 11:09 PM (#103243) Subject: ADD: Katy Cruel (alternate version) From: emily rain Katy Cruel (2)
CHORUS:
When first I came to town
I know who I am
Oh little lallie day, oh the little lee oh day
When first I came to town
I'll dye my petticoats red
Oh little lallie day, oh the little lee oh day
It's down the road I go
So hush, my pretty one
Oh little lallie day, oh the little lee oh day
------------------------------------------------ an interpretation of katy cruel which emphasizes her ostracism and offers an explanation for it... |
08 Aug 99 - 11:59 PM (#103263) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Katy Cruel (2) From: Malcolm Douglas An additional verse for "The Leaboy's Lassie": Oh for Saturday nicht The version in the database is the same one published in "The Scottish Folksinger" ed. Norman Buchan & Peter Hall (Collins 1973); the above is the final verse. Malcolm Douglas (Have I got the line breaks right this time?) |
09 Aug 99 - 12:06 AM (#103266) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Katy Cruel (2) From: emily rain excellent line breaks, malcolm. : ) |
09 Aug 99 - 04:37 PM (#103436) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Katy Cruel (2) From: See Katy and her many relatives under the generic title "Ay Waukin O" in Scarce Songs 1 at www.erols.com/olsonw In "The Flash Lad" she is evidently a prostitute, and possibly also in "Katy Cruel". |
09 Aug 99 - 11:24 PM (#103565) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Katy Cruel (2) From: emily rain wow, anonymous one, that was fascinating. i've saved the entire text of that page to peruse later (when i've got about sixty hours of free time...) |
10 Aug 99 - 01:44 AM (#103599) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Katy Cruel (2) From: Sandy Paton Sure glad to find the anonymous one posting again. We certainly benefit from his/her contributions. Sandy |
10 Aug 99 - 06:08 PM (#103813) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Katy Cruel (2) From: Bill D anon, anon, an'on, and on, and on...*grin*...interesting that one who has 'outed' so many anons is now quietly anon, huh? ;>) |
11 Aug 99 - 05:14 PM (#104044) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Katy Cruel (2) From: Margo Bill, you know that is an organization for people who used to talk too much: on and on anon (you gotta say it out loud) :o) Margarita |
04 Jan 03 - 02:16 PM (#858593) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Katy Cruel (2) From: Alice More verses recorded under the title Katie Cruel on mp3.com by Anthea Lawrence, a singer and fiddler from the Pacific Northwest : Eyes as bright as diamonds Lips as red as cherries And it's my delight To see the young folk marry. Someday I'll dress in silk And shoes of Spanish leather Combs to bind my hair And a ring for every finger. Alice |
04 Jan 03 - 02:26 PM (#858603) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Katy Cruel (2) From: Alice In Bruce O.'s scarce songs page the verse is: Eyes as bright as coal, Lips as red as cherry; And 'tis her delight To make the young folks merry. Alice |
04 Jan 03 - 04:50 PM (#858711) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Katy Cruel (2) From: Charley Noble Bill and Gene Bonyun used to sing the chorus this way: Oh, that I were where I would be, Then I would be where I am not, But I am where I must be, Where I would be, I can not, Oh, little lallie day, oh the little lee oh day. Everyone else must have got it wrong! ;~) Cheerily, Charley Noble |