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The Weavers - Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
During the folk revival of the 1950s, Pete Seeger and the Weavers reworked Lead Belly’s If It Wasn’t For Dicky, rewriting the lyrics and turning it into a love song (interestingly, Lead Belly’s version of the song was itself a reworking of an Irish folk song). Kisses Sweeter Than Wine became hugely popular on the folk circuit, and was covered by many artists—I actually like this recording by the Robert DeCormier Singers better than the Weavers’ version. Jimmie Rodgers (the second one…I always think of him as “fake Jimmie Rodgers”) also did a swingier version.
(Photo from ADiamondFellFromTheSky’s collection.)
