• booly@sh.itjust.works
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      14 days ago

      Way too many birds.

      But also I need to know about the maids a milking, the ladies dancing, the lords a leaping, pipers piping, and the drummers drumming. Like, this is a performance where the humans get paid and get to go home afterward, and not like a slave trade situation, right?

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        14 days ago

        this is a performance where the humans get paid and get to go home afterward, and not like a slave trade situation, right?

        I mean, the song was first published in circa 1780 so…maybe? 🤷