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Thread #33059 Message #4225737
Posted By: clueless don
16-Jul-25 - 09:38 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Take Her Out of Pity/Old Maid's Song
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Take Her Out of Pity/Old Maid's Song
John C. Bunnell (Date: 09 Mar 20 - 07:38 AM) wrote, in part:
...in that Muir and the Highwaymen all clearly sing "tinsman" rather than "pinsman" throughout.
I was pleased to see that. Until very recently (when I heard someone do "Old Maid in the Garret") I had only ever heard the Kingston Trio version - but I always heard it as tinsman.