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The Drunken Maidens The song of the four Rabelaisian girls of the Isle of Wight spread from the far south of England to every boozing den where good singers gathered. Two hundred years ago the ballad was hawked from door to door, contained in a saucy songbook titled: Charming Phylis's Garland. Many have asked: Why the Isle of Wight? Long ago the island was the harbour of smugglers, and cheap liquor lead to prodigious drinking. It is pleasant to think that the Isle of Wight, now chiefly famous as the home of the snooty Royal Yacht Squadron, once rang with the laughter of bouncing Sally and her mates. |
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