The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #28624 Message #3687835
Posted By: GUEST
22-Dec-14 - 01:44 PM
Thread Name: Versions: So Be Easy and Free When You're Drinkin'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: So Be Easy and Free When You're. . .
What a great example of the folk process at work.
1. canny gaun man (canny meaning pleasant in Scotland, and gaun being the present participle of gae)
2. canny, gaunt man (nearest thing in standard English, where canny suggests shrewdness, and gaunt suggests a frail old man)
3. cagey old man