Does anyone see a problem with this? Elvis

[johnnie]

Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton
Old things they are not forgotten
Look away, look away, look away dixieland
Oh I wish I was in dixie, away, away
In dixieland I take my stand to live and die in dixie
Cause dixieland, that’s where I was born
Early lord one frosty morning
Look away, look away, look away dixieland

Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
His truth is marching on

So hush little baby
Don’t you cry
You know your daddy’s bound to die
But all my trials, lord will soon be over

[Tom Kitten]

1. but did it make any money ?

that's the bottom line for Colonel Tom, after all...I'm pretty sure Elvis even sang "Happy Birthday" on an album sometime...I do know he wasn't into writing his own songs.

[johnnie]

2. No, Elvis was a singer

He wasn't a writer. There are many of them, they call them stylists.

[enigmatic]

3. Mickey Newbury

I remember my brother having that single when I was a litle kid..

[johnnie]

4. That's right

You know too much, you are a little bit dangerous. LOL

[enigmatic]

6. He had the single by Mickey Newbury, too

That's where I first heard it; he preffered that version to Elvis' one..

I shoulda went on Jeapordy..

[johnnie]

8. It;s never too late..lol

It's good to have someone like you around who knows their music. :thumbsup:

[WCGreen]

15. I remember that one as well...

Pretty creepy even though I was in my early teens I saw how mixed up that was.....

[Tom Kitten]

9. oh I can see the difference there!

he fits more into the Linda Ronstandt crowd, kinda like an interpreter of other people's song lyrics, more than say, the Joni Mitchell school who write and sing their own songs.

[johnnie]

10. Correct

[Tom Kitten]

11. I like you

you're the real deal

[johnnie]

12. Thank you Tom

Yeah, I am who I am.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

5. I don't have a problem with it.

He uses the anthems of the North and the South and "All My Trials," I guess as a history lesson. And it wasn't his song...and it sounded great. He sings the Battle Hymn again at the end and really nails the ending.

[johnnie]

7. That's the cool thing

He put it all together. Elvis tried to be impartial, but he was a Democrat.

[Elidor]

13. All this makes me want to hear the laughing version of

Are You Lonesome Tonight?

"Sang it baby! Hahahahaha"

[johnnie]

14. Thats funny as hell

I will have to put it up here someday.