The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50394   Message #765663
Posted By: Jim McLean
15-Aug-02 - 03:49 AM
Thread Name: I Wrote that Traditional Song
Subject: RE: I Wrote that Traditional Song
That's a tricky one, Jimmy. I find some people change or add words to my songs, usually because they couldn't catch the correct worrds on the recording. It's a bit like painting in an item on a well known canvas just because you think it looks a bit bare. Some additions or changes to a song of mine tells me that the person doing the changing hasn't understood the song and that's a bit irritating. Having said all that, I added two verses to Burns's Tibbie Dunbar because I thought it was too short (for a recording) and no one's complained yet! Cheers, Jim Mclean