I was the "Guest" too. Just sometimes get sloppy with remembering to put my name in.

Yes, coons is perhaps more logical, but goons is still what I hear. Never thought about soul. I will give that a listen.

Isn't it amazing sometimes how you can be positive that the lyrics are a certain way, and when someone suggests another version, you immediately slap yourself up aside the head and say, "Why couldn't I hear that?" (Of course, that doesn't necessarily make it right, just that you hear something other than what you first thought it was.)

Many years ago, I had a well loved (and well worn) 78 of Smoke On The Water by Bob Wills.   I always swore that in one place Bob was saying "God Dammit".   My mom insisted she heard "Oh, shit"   Years later I heard a better copy, and decided he was saying "Ah, yes" ~~ or some such.