Comments on: Thereby hangs a tale http://www.word-detective.com/2011/01/thereby-hangs-a-tale/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: h.s. gudnason http://www.word-detective.com/2011/01/thereby-hangs-a-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-12815 h.s. gudnason Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:38:47 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4701#comment-12815 Or, in the Gay/Pepusch <i>Beggar's Opera</i>, as Polly Peachum is contemplating the execution of her husband Macheath: For on the rope where hangs my love Depends poor Polly's life. Or, in the Gay/Pepusch Beggar’s Opera, as Polly Peachum is contemplating the execution of her husband Macheath:

For on the rope where hangs my love
Depends poor Polly’s life.

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