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To: Pol-92064

Here’s a bit of trivia. In the original lyrics, one line goes:
“Till Stoneman’s cavalry came and tore up the tracks again”

(George Stoneman was a Union Calvary general.)

But Joan Baez misunderstood the line, and instead sang:
“Till so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again”

I kinda like the misunderstood version better.


3 posted on 11/27/2023 6:20:36 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right

The only version worth listening to is the one by The Band!
Everything else is a pathetic copy.


11 posted on 11/27/2023 6:42:54 PM PST by Reily (!!)
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To: Leaning Right

The Band did it ten times better.


24 posted on 11/27/2023 8:41:40 PM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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