On 10/30/08, tim rolls BT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> He's gone o'er long with a stick in his hand

This didn't chime with me. Apart from the poor internal rhyme, the
sense is different from

He's gyen ower land wiv his stick iv his hand

which is how I've heard it sung. There's a version on
http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/displaysong.php?songid=74
with 'ower land'

My question is, is there a meaning apart from the obvious in the
notion of  the Keelman going "oe'r land" in this song and in the title
of the pipe tune?

Cheers
Matt



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