Hi, Liland - I checked Folk Song Abecedary, Collected Reprints from sing Out!, Jerry Silverman's Folk Song Encyclopedia, and The Kingston Trio Songbook. All have it as "pinsman" - not that I have any idea what a pinsman is. I would have sworn it was "kinsman," but I guess not.

Now I have a very good solution for a situation like this when there's a word in a song that's disputed and I want to be absolutely sure I sing it the right way - I mumble, so nobody knows for sure what it is I'm singing.

So, what's a pinsman?? One of you old guys like Papa Paton oughta know that.

-Joe Offer-