Dt 28482

[ausecours]

Stumped! 20 across. Pensioners initially sang in tune in minstrel style. 3,5,2,4. O?d ?o?k? a? h?m?
All I can think of is, old folks at home, but doesn't make any sense. Help!

[Ric0]

Old folk at home?

[cashier]

20. Old folk at home

[dannyk13]

Old folks at home is a tune in minstrel style and pensioners are old folks

[donny48]

(pensioners) Old folk + at home (in)

[aelmpvw]

name of a minstrel song better known as swanee river

[ausecours]

Thanks for that. It was really doing my head in!!

[gangesboy]

Old folks not folk - old folk (pensioners) + S (initial letter of sang)

[dannyk13]

GB, see post at 09.24.

[gangesboy]

Okay danny - just correcting the parsing at 09.25

[dannyk13]

:-)

[donny48]

Gangesboy,
I take your point about my parsing at 9.25 but surely pensioners is plural making old folks a direct parse and the initially sang (s) superfluous.

[dannyk13]

Donny, folk is also plural.

[donny48]

Good point Danny, I had not considered that.

[geevo]

Pensioners OLD FOLK
Initially sang S
In AT HOME
Tune in minstrel style - definition

[gangesboy]

Big Dave site also goes along with the initially Sang parsing..so that's a done thing then !

[gangesboy]

..apparently today it is known as Swanee River

[dannyk13]

Glad that's sorted.

[dannyk13]

http://www.pitt.edu/~amerimus/OldFolksatHome.html