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Thread #160070   Message #1342547
Posted By: GUEST,Lew
29-Nov-04 - 06:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Lightnin' Hopkins song-Spelling Memphis
Subject: origins: They've got a new way...
There is a song I sing entitled, "They've Got a New Way of Spelling (Memphis) Tennessee" that was ALLEGEDLY written by Lightnin'(g) Hopkins. I need to know:-
a)Did he? If not, who?
b)Are there just the 3 verses?
c)What the hell does the title mean?

Attention:
I am NOT referring to Chuck Berry's,"Memphis, Tennessee".

Thanking you all in anticipation,
Lew