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Tim · 02-08-2009, 04:21 PM

JJ wrote:

"so my estimate is same as yours, JohnS ...ie. about 52,000
if duplicates were elimated i wonder what would remain, maybe 20,000?"

Could I ask what do we mean by "duplicates?" Do we mean songs recorded more than once such as "The Cirle is Small" (from the "Back Here on Earth" and the "Endless Wire" albums) or the various songs that appeared in re-recorded versions on the Gord's Gold albums? Or are how about songs that contain refrains that are sung repeatedly within the song? Do we count the refrain only once, or do we count the words in a repeated refrain again and again? Oh, this is making my head hurt -- but at at least its hurting from a very pleasant exercise.

02-08-2009, 04:21 PM	#14
Tim Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 186	Re: Total word count of all Lightfoot Lyrics JJ wrote: "so my estimate is same as yours, JohnS ...ie. about 52,000 if duplicates were elimated i wonder what would remain, maybe 20,000?" Could I ask what do we mean by "duplicates?" Do we mean songs recorded more than once such as "The Cirle is Small" (from the "Back Here on Earth" and the "Endless Wire" albums) or the various songs that appeared in re-recorded versions on the Gord's Gold albums? Or are how about songs that contain refrains that are sung repeatedly within the song? Do we count the refrain only once, or do we count the words in a repeated refrain again and again? Oh, this is making my head hurt -- but at at least its hurting from a very pleasant exercise. __________________ Tim "Children are all that the Earth has to Show, Children are all that the Earth wants to Know"