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Lisnaholic · 05-13-2018, 07:54 AM

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I really enjoyed the clever message of this song, Lilja! In fact we have a thread for Street Musicians here:- http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...ns-thread.html

Here's another folk song with a cutting message from the down-at-heel:-

In case it's not clear, "Born in the tatty liftin' time" refers to the potato (tatty) harvests which used to draw itinerent workers to farms, where they'd camp and work at what Americans accurately describe as "stoop labour." ( In the south-east of England, some Londoner's used to leave their homes, take their kids out of school and give them a "holiday" working in the fields! )

05-13-2018, 07:54 AM	#810 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ I really enjoyed the clever message of this song, Lilja! In fact we have a thread for Street Musicians here:- http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...ns-thread.html Here's another folk song with a cutting message from the down-at-heel:- In case it's not clear, "Born in the tatty liftin' time" refers to the potato (tatty) harvests which used to draw itinerent workers to farms, where they'd camp and work at what Americans accurately describe as "stoop labour." ( In the south-east of England, some Londoner's used to leave their homes, take their kids out of school and give them a "holiday" working in the fields! ) __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953