FS03 is The unfortunate lass: one of many variants of a song about premature death: messy, painful, unheroic premature death. Also this week: Richard Thompson’s Down where the drunkards roll. Not a drinking song.
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Fifty-Two Folk Songs (songs FS01-FS52)
Fifty-Two Folk Songs: Not Only But Also (songs AS01-AS42)
Fifty-Two Folk Songs: Not Folk Songs (songs NS01-NS34)
Fifty-Two Folk Songs: The Horse Series (songs HS01-HS14)The Albums
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