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   James Prescott to Abby Sale   
   Re: Looking for 13th/14th C English Folk   
   09 Aug 08 16:00:28   
   
   1031a691   
   XPost: uk.music.folk   
   From: TOoprescotj@MUChtelusplanetJUNk.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Abby Sale  wrote:   
      
   > "My Husband's a Mason"   
   >   
   > My husband's a mason, a mason, a mason,   
   > A very fine mason is he.   
   > All day he lays bricks, lays bricks, lays bricks.   
   > At night he comes home and lays me.   
   > 	Tra la la,"   
   > At night he comes home and lays me.   
      
      
   In the version I sing, which I think is more engaging because it   
   leaves the completion of the chorus line as an exercise for the   
   listeners (bless their bawdy minds), the chorus line is always:   
      
   At night (s)he comes home and drinks tea.   
      
   There is then available a closing verse:   
      
   My wife is an herbalist...   
   All day she drinks tea...   
   And at night she does nothing but pee.   
      
      
   James   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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