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Thread #5689 Message #3299397
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
30-Jan-12 - 08:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Down in the Arkansas (Jimmy Driftwood)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Down in the Arkansas (Jimmy Driftwood)
The state is pronounced Ar kin saw, but the river is pronounced ar KAN sus. I bet that song originally said "down on (not in) the Arkansas," that is, on the river.