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Thread #13703   Message #114504
Posted By: Rick Fielding
15-Sep-99 - 04:20 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: This Land (Canadian version)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: This Land (Canadian version)
To Jerry: The Communist VERSES? Lordy I must have missed something. What on earth ARE they?

Paul: Believe me I'm not arrogant. I also don't like folks telling other folks that there's a "correct" way to sing a song. My point (although probably over-stated) was that TO ME, the Guthrie song was weakened by the "Canadianizing". The fun that others get singing it that way (or the undeniable pleasure that Canucks who wouldn't know Woody Guthrie from Woody Harrelson get when listening) is what the folk process is all about.

Marion: I agree with you about Big Joe Mufferaw. It's one of his best.

Rick