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Thread #8441 Message #4093354
Posted By: GerryM
16-Feb-21 - 05:22 AM
Thread Name: Origins: River (Bill Staines)
Subject: RE: Origins: River (Bill Staines)
The vinyl Whistle of the Jay has a booklet of lyrics. The lyrics given there differ in a few very small ways from what Joe has posted as "DT Correction":
1st stanza, line 4 does begin with "And"
3rd stanza, line 3 "I've" instead of "I"
5th stanza, 3rd line "the" instead of "me"
Last stanza, line 1 "that's" instead of "that"
Listening to the recording, it seems to me that in the 4th verse both the 1st and 3rd lines start with "I", not "I've". Also, he drops a lot of "g" in the chorus; "movin'", "windin'", "rollin'", "changin'".