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09 Jan 13 - 07:47 PM (#3463782) Subject: Coaxing Elf From: Betsy I had a Senior moment last Monday and screwed up the words to County Down. Thought I would refresh my memory and consulted the Digitrad - is it ? Anyhow the place where you find the words. Apart from anything else - I've been singing for well-over 45 years " the cokes in hell" rather than the "coaking elf" . Can anyone elucidate as to whether a "coaking elf" exists in folklore across the Irish sea ? and whether I might just have been singing the correct words all the time (or not).Cheers Betsy |
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09 Jan 13 - 08:06 PM (#3463788) Subject: RE: Coaxing elf From: maeve Betsy, I've only heard and sung it as "Such a coaxing elf..." indicating how charming the colleen was. I don't see how your remembered phrase, "the cokes in hell" could make sense in the song, but it is certainly entertaining to try to make it work. ;) |
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09 Jan 13 - 10:18 PM (#3463831) Subject: RE: Coaxing elf From: Lonesome EJ Cokes in Hell, Pepsis in Paradise With Limbo Pizza tastes swell, so have you a healthy slice |
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12 May 14 - 10:42 AM (#3625453) Subject: RE: Coaxing elf (from Star of the County Down) From: GUEST,Scott W. This is an old thread, but you might have learned the song using an older spelling of "coaxing." Coax was originally spelled "cokes" rendering the line "cokesing elf." |
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12 May 14 - 06:47 PM (#3625562) Subject: RE: Coaxing elf (from Star of the County Down) From: GUEST,michaelr I've always heard her described as a "winsome elf". |
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12 May 14 - 07:02 PM (#3625566) Subject: RE: Coaxing elf (from Star of the County Down) From: Lighter Early printings have "coaxing." Presumably changed to "winsome" for reasons this thread makes clear. |
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13 May 14 - 12:46 PM (#3625797) Subject: RE: Coaxing elf (from Star of the County Down) From: Nigel Parsons Well, 'winsome' lose some :) |
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13 May 14 - 01:06 PM (#3625805) Subject: RE: Coaxing elf (from Star of the County Down) From: MGM·Lion Yay: good 4 yer elf! |
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14 May 14 - 01:54 AM (#3625926) Subject: RE: Coaxing elf (from Star of the County Down) From: Amos Odd--I first heard it )and have sung it ever since) as "such a coaxsome elf". A |
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15 May 14 - 12:35 AM (#3626166) Subject: RE: Coaxing elf (from Star of the County Down) From: Seamus Kennedy Heard and sung both "coaxing" and "winsome", but not in the same verse. |
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15 May 14 - 08:26 PM (#3626315) Subject: RE: Coaxing elf (from Star of the County Down) From: GUEST,BigDaddy Why on earth you would sing "the cokes in hell" for 45 years? It's always been "coaxing elf" and makes perfect sense. I mean this more politely than it sounds, by the way. |