The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #22674   Message #746012
Posted By: boglion
10-Jul-02 - 04:22 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Long Black Veil
Subject: RE: Info Please: Long Black Veil
Apparantly, Mick Jagger was first lined up to sing The Foggy Dew but baulked at its Republican connotations - he might not have got his knighthood!!

He settled for Long Black Veil and I've had the governor of my local pub in Kerry taking the p*ss every time I sing it - claiming it's a Stones song. I learned it from Ms Baez many many years ago.