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GUEST,Mrrzy-at-work What song has the most versions? (36) What song has the most versions? 17 Apr 00


Hi, I am the kind of un-original singer who likes to sing songs the way I heard them. So there are several songs of which I "do" multiple / various versions. It occurred to me the other day that I know at least 5 versions of Soldier Soldier Will You Marry Me (Belafonte, Country Gentleman, Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Plantxy, Pentangle), all of which have the main theme of young couple out somewhere, often in May, he's a soldier, they dally, she asks when they'll marry and he says he already has a wife. My favorite has as a final line "2 wives and the Army's too many for me" - as if he could handle being a bigamist, just not a bigamist AND a soldier. Anyway, I was wondering what songs y'all knew had at least 5 versions, preferably more? And do most of you just do an original take or kind of amalgamate, or do you pick someone's version to perform, usually?


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