Piers Cawley on Nostr: most of the versions I know end up with the smith winning the duel and it definitely ...

most of the versions I know end up with the smith winning the duel and it definitely seems to be about sexual violence. But much is in the performance. As well as versions that have the woman winning, I've heard a few women handling it as a flirtation rather than an out and out fight.

Not something I'm able to do, so I just don't sing it.