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Old 09-01-2007, 12:54 AM   #13
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Default Re: EMR-PeterPaul&Mary-youtube

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Originally Posted by Don Quixote View Post
Great. However, doesn't this dispel the "Elvis changed the song for me by singing 'As cold and drunk as I MIGHT be'"? You can clearly hear Paul singing "might"--I even played it back several times to be sure. Perhaps some revisionist history?

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DQ
oooh sure does,

And here, http://www.anelvisfan2001.com/EarlyMorningRain.html claims that Elvis followed PP&M's interpretation (a more 'folksy' version)..so evidently in the lyrics as well because...

In the second verse, both PP&M and Elvis sang, "Where the pavement never grows". So again...Elvis followed PP&M here. The Kingston Trio sing the line as, "Where the cold wind blows" (as originally published) and Gordon, "Where the pavement e're [ever] grows".

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