Date:  Fri, 18 Nov 1994 21:01:13 -0500

From:  Ron Rabin <RABINRL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SNYBUFAA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU>

Subject: Re: song lyrics



Re: Judy Collins' Someday Soon, again -

Definitely "rides" not "hides." My typo.



But definitely "He's just as wild in the younger days." Even given a

very reduced vowel in there that was once an I (He is just...), it

doesn't follow: The analog would be something like "He is here yesterday"

and *not* like "He is the one I saw yesterday" where his being continues

and thus the "enduring" present tense is used.



I've listen to Judy sing these lyrics in great detail and the song repeats

these lines. My transcription is accurate enough. Maybe metrical

considerations can account for a contraction of "was" (he's or he was)

but, as noted, there's nothing to be gained metrically from "the younger

days."



Has anyone ever *heard* anyone say such things?



Ron Rabin

Dept of Communication

Buffalo State College