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Old 04-15-2009, 01:14 PM   #14
mandomyk
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Default Re: The word "navvie also spelled navvy

This is all too interesting -RJ - I should have caught that in "MacAlpines' Fuselliers" but I gave up listening to lyrics when I play.(sorry about that)
2 years ago(give or take) I was checking out antique stores in Lanark, Ontario when a disussion about Lightfoot came about and having an interest I listened in -one of the owners(not a resident of Lanark by the accent) mentioned he had corrected Lightfoot on his pronunciation of 'Navies' when trying out the 'trilogy' during a gig at Le Hibou.
Where would Mr. Lightfoot be today without this help?
Lynchings are held weekly in Lanark behind the baseball diamond
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