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Thread #82052 Message #1502852
Posted By: Joe Offer
17-Jun-05 - 05:50 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Dust Pneumonia Blues (Woody Guthrie)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Dustpneumonia Blues
Peter, if there's anything you need explained, let us know. The Digital Tradition version above has some lyrics that just done't make sense, like If it weren't for choppin my hole would turn to rust
Brian Hoskin posted a version above that makes much more sense. In the version he posted, the line is It it wasn't for choppin' my hoe would turn to rust.
Much better, indeed. "Hoe" makes sense. The subjunctive "weren't" is grammatically correct, but I can't imagine Woody using a subjunctive...
-Joe Offer-