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Re: Little Boy Blue

Posted by Gary Radcliffe on March 18, 2004 at 14:07:19:

In Reply to: Little Boy Blue posted by Lex Woodbury on January 26, 2001 at 16:37:12:

There have been a number of Little Boy Blues. Eugene Field wrote a sentimental (maudlin?) poem about one. If he's a Mother Goose character, I'd guess he dressed in blue. I don't think they used "blue" as a synonym for sad that early on.

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