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Title: As Bitme 'as been puzzling me
Post by: Dubai Danny on March 13, 2016, 09:18:07 AM
I've had occasion over the years to wonder about the meaning (if any) of As Bitme. I've tended to read it as a jokey continuation of the thought begun in the preceding track title, so "the hair of the dogma as bitme"... have I been wrong all these years? Enquiring minds need to know!


Title: Re: As Bitme 'as been puzzling me
Post by: Will S on March 13, 2016, 10:08:06 AM
I have always assumed like you that that was the reason - the two titles follow on from one another.


Title: Re: As Bitme 'as been puzzling me
Post by: Jim on March 13, 2016, 03:11:09 PM
I think someone in the FC camp had been reading a bit of Flann O'Brien around the time of The bonny bunch of roses, what with the hair of the dogma, as bitme and Jams O'Donnell' s jig.


Title: Re: As Bitme 'as been puzzling me
Post by: Jules Gray on March 13, 2016, 06:54:16 PM

I have always assumed like you that that was the reason - the two titles follow on from one another.


Yup.  No doubt at all in my mind.

Jules