Music is educational

[lorimt]

For quartzpebble, memnus, sithjawa and probably a decent number of other people on my friends list who like folk songs: lessons to be learned from folk songs / ballads, including the following pearls of wisdom:

"Avoid navigable waterways. Don’t let yourself be talked into going down by the wild rippling water, the wan water, the salt sea shore, the strand, the lowlands low, the Burning Thames, and any area where the grass grows green on the banks of some pool. Cliffs overlooking navigable waterways aren’t safe either."

"If you’re out hunting, make sure of your sight picture before you pull the trigger/loose your bow. Especially so if you’re near a navigable waterway or the greenwoodside."

Avoid situations where the obvious rhyme-word is “maidenhead.”

Comments

[dclayh.livejournal.com]

Um..."sundry led"? "Drawing dead"? "Overfed"? "Lunch with Ed"? "Lost a Ked"? "The leaves all red"? "Before you're wed"?

[ywalme.livejournal.com]

You get more options if you Scots-ify it and pronounce it "maidenheed".

[notsteven.livejournal.com]

Even without that, "someone said" seems like a difficult situation to avoid.

[willskyfall.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!