Origins: Country song What Difference does it Mak

Subject: Origins:Country song ?What Difference does it Make
From: GUEST,Pete Coyne
Date: 11 Mar 13 - 11:41 AM

Reggae singer Freddie McGregor has a song on his Bobby Bobylon LP called 'What Difference Does it Make'. On the Pama Forum reggae site there's a discussion as to the original version - it sounds familiar and sounds like a country song... but I can't find it anywhere. Maybe someone on here can help ! The Freddie version is on youtube if you want to check it and the lyrics go -

If i don't turn up on Monday morning,
They'll say I must have had a bad weekend,
If I don't show my face by Thursday afternoon,
They'll think I've got something going with my friends,
In a week they will replace me,
In a month they'll write me off,
In a year they will hardly,
Remember my name,
And it's all the same,
What difference does it make,
What difference does it really make...