ok ok ok I also infinitely prefer to keep to the original [especially when known, and not already been through the misheard|misremembered|folk process]. But I'd still go with the specifics of the "gig" as many posters have noted.

So, maybe you musical pundits and purists could say even when prefaced with a listener discretion advisory if they would sing the n word as it appears in Stephen Foster? After all, it's historically accurate, though far from politically correct.

excuse the drift; it's been a good thread.

keep on pickin'
dennis