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   Message 4,697 of 6,461   
   Herbert van Kampen to Helen Lurie   
   Re: looking for a song about a princess'   
   30 Apr 07 03:45:10   
   
   From: music@pinc.com   
      
   Oh... The female singer might have bee Jacqui McShee of the Pentangle,   
   off their "Soloman's Seal" (if the recording is an older one).   
      
   Herbert van Kampen   
      
   Helen Lurie wrote:   
   > Hello,   
   >  I recall hearing a folk song by a female singer that I liked a lot.   
   > It is probably a modern song, based on the plot, but I'm not sure of   
   > this. It was sung in a style similar to Irish folk music.   
   >   
   > The song tells of a king that returns from many months at war and   
   > notices that his beloved daughter, the unmarried princess, is   
   > pregnant. He is angry and asks her who her lover is so that he can   
   > kill him. The lover is summoned, but he is so beautiful that the king   
   > is charmed. The king asks his daughter's lover to marry her and become   
   > the future king. The beautiful boy says, sure, but I will not do   
   > kingly things, I shall just prance around and be pretty. The king   
   > says, sure, and the wedding is approved.   
   >   
   > Anybody recognize such a song?   
   >   
   > Thanks a lot   
   > Helen   
   >   
      
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