Ledge or Lane

[iandiddams]

A chum that has followed FC for about a million years said he always thought the lyrics to MOTL were...

Meet on the ledge....
Meet on the LANE....

And not meet on the ledge, reprised.

Which makes sense at least for a rhyme with AGAIN.


Searching online doesn't show anything but ledge x 2...
But that isnt necessarily definitive of course.

I've listened to the band singng it...
But its not clear either way..



Anybody any definitive answers with source?

Cheers

Didds

[Paul]

A chum that has followed FC for about a million years said he always thought the lyrics to MOTL were...

Meet on the ledge....
Meet on the LANE....

And not meet on the ledge, reprised.

Which makes sense at least for a rhyme with AGAIN.


Searching online doesn't show anything but ledge x 2...
But that isnt necessarily definitive of course.

I've listened to the band singng it...
But its not clear either way..



Anybody any definitive answers with source?

Cheers

Didds

The Fairport Songbook, written by Maart, says Ledge twice.

Paul

[Dan O.]

Not sure there was ever any doubt about "ledge".

Reminds me of the BBC4 RT documentary "A Solitary Life" where Martin Carthy misquotes MOTL's verse as "Too many friends who died" as opposed to the correct "Too many friends who TRIED."
Adds a slightly different context or meaning.

The editor/producer didn't pick up on it, though, probably thinking "Carthy's a guru* - he wouldn't make a mistake like that."

* Carthy is indeed a guru, a treasure and a wonderful collector of song, but he was incorrect on this occasion.

[iandiddams]

The Fairport Songbook, written by Maart, says Ledge twice.

Paul

Thanks Paul.

didds