The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131351   Message #2963212
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
11-Aug-10 - 06:08 PM
Thread Name: Is it permissible-to change a word in an old song?
Subject: RE: Is it permissible-to change a word in an old song?
Whoever tried to rhyme warrior and bore ya should have that line changed by everybody.

It certainly wouldn't rhyme where I live - but I have often heard Americans pronounce "warrior" in a way that makes that a perfect rhyme.
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Of course it's as well to remember that a lot of songs were collected from people trying to remember and reconstruct songs they hadn't sung in a long while and maybe weren't too sure of all the words in the first place. If a version of a song looks like it's got the odd mondegreen, there's nothing disrespectful to the tradition in trying to correct that.