"If you don't like I&S's rendition, listen to Judy Collins'." Just make sure it's from an early recording/or concert. I saw her on TV not long ago and she had turned it into a "pop" song a la 1950's style with snapping fingers and messed up phrasing. Took all the life out of it. Lesson: Leave a good song the heck alone! Personal note: When I moved to Louisiana in 1971 where I met my eventual wife, I had just turned 24, left the army after my ETS at Fort Carson Colorado in 1969. I was a "budding" folksinger (Had a group in College and then two while in the army) mostly was doing singles where I could find an audience. Except for the Rodeo Part (I was a salesman for Radio Shack) it was my story. Her father, 37 years later, still doesn't like me!
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