Thanks to all for replies on- and off-list. Many interesting
suggestions but not, I think, definitive enough to change what I wrote.
I'm surprised no-one mentioned the double-entendre aspect as in the
Alex Glasgow song "Keep your hand on your ha'penny", based on a
pre-existing prover
Breathnach is a good source of advice here - I recall he said something
I'd paraphrase as:
"Tune titles are dummy labels for the tunes, without a 'real' meaning
of their own.
It is futile to enquire about 'The Mason's Apron' whether a
stonemason's or freemason's apron is mean
poor Matt should have known better than ask for anything
conclusive... ;)
Keep it coming, please
- poor Matt
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Ian Lawther wrote:
I've always assumed Holey Ha'penny and as such used to pair it with The
Crookit Bawbee. In the late 1970s/early 80s I would dedicated this
pairing to the West Midlands Regional Crime Squad which at the time was
being investigated for being full of bent coppers...
poor
I've always assumed Holey Ha'penny and as such used to pair it with The
Crookit Bawbee. In the late 1970s/early 80s I would dedicated this
pairing to the West Midlands Regional Crime Squad which at the time was
being investigated for being full of bent coppers...
Ian
Matt Seattle wrote:
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