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re: Did Johnny Mathis specifically avoid lyrics with "he", she", "his" or "her" to avoid outing himself?

Posted by: Chromolume 02:25 pm EDT 09/08/14
In reply to: re: Did Johnny Mathis specifically avoid lyrics with "he", she", "his" or & ... - Michael_Portantiere 01:34 pm EDT 09/08/14

Of course, sometimes the changes wreak havoc on the rhyme scheme, or mess up the song in other ways.

See my post above about "Hey There" (which has a good solution) and "The Lady Is A Tramp" (which doesn't). ;-)


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