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johnfowles · 07-13-2006, 04:12 PM

The last time this question came up here I went to inordinate lengths to espouse my theory, based on Gord's introduction to the song at the Charlottetown festival back in 1969 as
"this one is about the heroine of Pigs Eye Minnesota" whereupon I discovered that Pigs Eye was the original name for St Pauls MN.
I have tried searching here for everthing I can think of that I used in my posting ,and also used google,all to no avail but I did find the other topic in which Jenney gave her reason for thinking that "bitter green" was a dog see her September 13 2004 posting to:-
http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...c;f=1;t=002578
John Fowles
also worth reading as it covers the "meaning" of other gordsongs is this old
Topic: Reading His Mind at:-
http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...c;f=1;t=000995

[ July 13, 2006, 16:52: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

07-13-2006, 04:12 PM	#7
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	The last time this question came up here I went to inordinate lengths to espouse my theory, based on Gord's introduction to the song at the Charlottetown festival back in 1969 as "this one is about the heroine of Pigs Eye Minnesota" whereupon I discovered that Pigs Eye was the original name for St Pauls MN. I have tried searching here for everthing I can think of that I used in my posting ,and also used google,all to no avail but I did find the other topic in which Jenney gave her reason for thinking that "bitter green" was a dog see her September 13 2004 posting to:- http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...c;f=1;t=002578 John Fowles also worth reading as it covers the "meaning" of other gordsongs is this old Topic: Reading His Mind at:- http://www.corfid.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ul...c;f=1;t=000995 [ July 13, 2006, 16:52: Message edited by: johnfowles ]