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Thread #91696   Message #1747833
Posted By: Mark Clark
26-May-06 - 09:32 AM
Thread Name: Molly and Tenbrooks
Subject: RE: Molly and Tenbrooks
Kendall, that would hurt my ears too. I'd definately have corrected the offender. I think the Internet may be contributing to a lot of the wrong chords and lyrics. Here on Mudcat if we post wrong lyrics or chords someone with the right ones will usually pop in and offer a correction. By the time it makes it to the DT, the issues have been sorted out. But on a site like BluegrassLyrics.com fully half the lyrics seem to contain errors. If they included chords the error rate might be much higher. Many "tab" sites are replete with error. I get the feeling that a lot of people posting song information aren't used to listening to the local dialects and idioms found wherever English is spoken.

And it's a good bet that The Stanley Brothers learned Molly and Tenbrooks (and a lot of other songs) directly from Monroe. Bill would introduce a song Saturday night on the Grand Ole Opry and the next Monday morning, The Stanley Brothers would be singing it on their radio program.