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It seems very strange for me to see Marie-Antoinette wearing
a dress made of muslin. How times must change. My mother
made sheets and pillow cases to support our family's income
when I was a boy. And I remember it being very stiff, even
after washing before sale. Of course more washings made it
more pliable, but wearing it as the queen did gives me
the shivvers.
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... but wearing it as the queen did gives me
the shivvers. When were you Queen, Luke? or are you still? (Is this a cue for a rendering of "Lavender's blue, dilly, dilly ..."?)
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----please, draw me a sheep----
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"...Lavender's green
When I am King, dilly dilly
You shall be my Queen."
old english folk song
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I remember it being very stiff Perhaps she needed a lot of support...
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"...Lavender's green
When I am King, dilly dilly
You shall be my Queen."
old english folk song Never heard it. Sorry.
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When I was in Russia, the hotels we stayed in had muslin sheets. They were quite pliable and very comfortable.
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"...Lavender's green
When I am King, dilly dilly
You shall be my Queen."
old english folk song "...Lavender's blue When I am a Queen, dilly dilly I'll be through with you."  The silly rhymes society
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Lavender's blue: wasn't that a song, many years ago?
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Yes, Jackie, it was. I forget which group sang it, but it did fairly well in the charts for a week or two over here. I guess we're talking about thirty years ago, when you were jest a lil gal
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it was #4 on the pop chart in 1948(!); and there's this, from the same year: link
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1948 - jeezlouise! Doesn't time fly when you're havin' a good time. Thanks tsuwm
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It's just possible that I heard it in 1948, but I can't quite remember.
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I didn't hear it 1948, but I have sung it many times since!
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and now, I can't get the darn thing outta my head. [earworm]
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