Hi, Sandy:

It was Caroline who told me the "Doors of Ivory" phrase. At first, I was really pleased to sing it "right." And sang it that way for awhile. But, you know us Folk Purists, Sandy. If someone belched in the middle of a line on an old recording, I'd feel obligated to, too. I've gone back to singing it "in need of pr'prioty, In a way, it's all a little silly. Why intentionally make a line unintelligble? Thank God it isn't a key line. Besides, I think it's unfair to be too critical of a way a bird pronounces a word like propriety (if that's what he was saying.) Try saying that with a bill for a mouth.

Jerry