From: fokke.de.jong@chello.nl
"Lane Gray, Czar Castic" schreef in bericht
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> Fokke!! I know you know he put an "e" in there.
Lane, I am sooooo sorry!
Hail to mr. John Duffey WITH an e.
I knew it.... I really did.
>> That is why the version of the Country Gentlemen became more popular than
>> Bill's, although the Gents recorded it in 1971, six years later than Bill
>> did.
> They recorded it in 64 or 65, too. The Gents had a minor hit in (correct
> me I've got it alternatively-right, Jon) 1965 with it.
>
My 'wisdom' concerning the recording in 1971 came from mr. Google :-)
>> Peculiar thing is, that the wellknown Gents-version is missing something
>> like a complete verse.
>> When Bill Clifton asked John Duffy why they did not do that part, John
>> replied that they 'just must have forgot it'.
>>
> I don't think I've ever heard John or Charlie sing the "I wondered more
> and
> more" verse. I also don't think the matter is as simple as 'forgetting' a
> verse:
The Gents never did sing those lines, but they were in the poem that Jon
Duffey had when he wrote the music and they were/are in the version that
Bill recorded..That is what Bill told himself in a show in Rienk Janssen's
"Home of Strictly Country" in the Netherlands.
I do have the Clifton recording in the 8CD Bear Family box set (that's where
I transcribed the words from today) and also must have the recording of the
show in which he told this story. He saw John Duffey and the others back
after staying several years in England and one day asked John why they left
out those lines that Bill thought to be crusial for the song. (Just
quoting).
Regards,
Fokke de Jong
Drachten, Fryslân
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