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Thread #24877   Message #448620
Posted By: CRANKY YANKEE
24-Apr-01 - 08:40 PM
Thread Name: Meaning/Last verse, Do Re Mi
Subject: RE: Guthries Do Re Mi
Once upon a time, there were two people engaged in conversation about money, it went something like this:

1st person, I NEED MONEY

2nd person, (making a pun) YOU DON'T NEED MONEY, YOU KNEAD DOUGH.

later on , during the "hippie" era, the same conversation resulted in , "YOU DON'T NEED MONEY YOU KNEAD BREAD".

Will Baker:

Do you know the difference between , "Need" and "Knead"? They are pronounced the same, but have entirely different meanings. Look them up in a dictionary and you'll see where "Dough", for money came from. It was taken even further when Do-Re-Mi was substituted for "Dough" Also look up "Pun" because that is what this whole thing is about., So, to answer your question, "Do-Re-Mi" means money.

Jody Gibson