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Thread #24877   Message #240148
Posted By: simon-pierre
08-Jun-00 - 08:46 PM
Thread Name: Meaning/Last verse, Do Re Mi
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rest of If You Ain't Got the Do Re M
On the Library of Congress recordings, Rounder 1041-42-43, Woody sings, instead of those lines from the DT

Cause I look through the want ads every day
And the headlines in the papers always say

those words:

Cause the Governor (Marion?) on the radio one day
He jumped up to the microphone, he did say:

If someone has the record, it would be nice to check my transcription, especially for the name of the governor.

SP