McNeish didn't give the
> Czech title,
> merely headlining the track as "Lullaby for an Illegitimate Child".
> McNeish
> quotes a verse, as follows:
>
> "I'm not going to cradle it. I'm going to church..
> Rock it yourself, wherever you got it from.'
> 'I got it from a good looking young man
> On a green meadow by a fast running stream.'
>
> The verse appears to be a dialogue between the girl's mother and
> her errant
> daughter, with the mother speaking first.
Is it clear from the surrounding text that it is *not* a conversation
between the child's father and the girl? The father is able to go to
church and act as if he hadn't "sinned" whereas the girl has to stay
home with her sin-child...
I hope that doesn't sound too bitter...
Jen
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