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Thread #83853   Message #1543701
Posted By: Mick Pearce (MCP)
17-Aug-05 - 02:28 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Johnny, My Lad (Gordeanna McCulloch)
Subject: RE: Help req. w. Gordeanna McCulloch lyrics
Malcolm Annie Shirer provided 2 versions in G-D vol 3: K and L (I is unrecorded source) and Gordeanna's is from L. (as they say)

The 2nd line has far spent (which was in the version I used to sing, the source of which I was at a loss to find yesterday, though it wasn't G-D), as in nearly all versions there, though Annie Shirer's K version had a' spent. Verse 3 also has far spent not fu' spent.

I'll post the full text later (off to walk eager dog) (that's literal not euphemism).

Mick