From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #123 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Saturday, January 26 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 123 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Lyrics [Richard Flynn ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:23:36 -0500 From: Richard Flynn Subject: Re: Lyrics I think that the lyrics as printed on the gatefold are "I fall, / Oh my friend" and the repetition "we fall, / Of my friend" is definitive evidence against "follow." Richard Flynn Professor of Literature Georgia Southern University https://sites.google.com/a/georgiasouthern.edu/rflynn/ On Jan 25, 2013, at 5:35 PM, David Lahm wrote: > Isn't there a (slight) pause in the vocal after the word (which sounds > like) "fall?" To my ear, no way she meant "follow." To say nothing of the > line "...you are fighting us all." > > LAHM > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 4:52 PM, wrote: > >>> I got to wondering whether the line "you raise your sticks and cry and I >> fall, oh my friend" might in fact be "and I follow, my friend." To me that >> makes more sense, as America tends to strongarm its allies into going along >> with its foreign wars. Do we know authoritatively that it is "fall"?> >> >> No, we don't know any lyrics authoritatively. If I remember right, we were >> hopefully anticipating the complete book of lyrics and poems but it did not >> update "buoy winds" to "bully winds". >> >> While this is disappointing, it also allows you to interpret as you will. >> >> I like your interpretation because Canada is not attacked by the US. >> Instead >> Canada is dragged along, into the fight. She calls Johnny "my good friend" >> after all. >> >> Jim L ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #123 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------