The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #30091   Message #385131
Posted By: Joe Offer
29-Jan-01 - 04:59 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
Subject: RE: Help: Tie a yellow ribbon-origin
Yeah, except the second verse mentions the guy had been in prison, so it has to be either a criminal thing or prisoner of war - and more likely the former, since prisoners of war are not usually sentenced for a given period of time. Can't see how it would necessarily be a federal prison, as somebody above specified.

Whatever the case, I still don't like the song, and I like "Dawn featuring Tony Orlando" even less.

-Joe Offer-