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To: BlueDragon
The night they drove 'Ol Dixie down The Band

This is my favorite version of the tune. You'll notice that the lyrics are somewhat different.

The Day Conny Kramer Died--Juliane Werding (1972)

16 posted on 07/27/2013 4:40:14 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

“...In 1972, a cover of the song called “Am Tag als Conny Kramer starb” (translation: “On the Day that Conny Kramer Died”) was a number-one hit in West Germany for singer Juliane Werding. For this version, the lyrics were not translated but rather changed completely to an anti-drug anthem about a young man dying because of his drug addiction...”


18 posted on 07/27/2013 4:55:03 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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