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Thread #4612   Message #3062970
Posted By: Jim Dixon
28-Dec-10 - 08:20 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Geisha Girl
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Geisha Girl
YouTube has both Hank Locklin's and Hank Snow's version of GEISHA GIRL.

Sandy: Your lyrics are perfect—phonetically—but I wonder if it isn't "far and distant land" rather than "foreign...".

I suppose it doesn't matter, since they sound pretty much the same.

Yeah, I know "far and distant" is redundant, but it's sort of a cliché.