This story comes from Jerry Hoke of Torrance, California.
“As a teenager in the 1950s, I went to visit my cousins in Bloomington, Illinois. While walking together one day, we were arguing about the words of a popular song. I said that they were saying, “An Indian named Standing Bear.” My cousin said it was “Standing There.” As we continued along, I noticed a piece of paper on the sidewalk. I picked it up, and it was the sheet music for that very song. There was no further argument. I was right, of course.”
If it were only so easy to solve arguments about Jimi Hendrix singing “‘scuse me while I kiss this guy,” and Three Dog Night singing “there’s the bathroom on the right.” (For the record, Hendrix actually sings “while I kiss the sky” and for Three Dog Night it’s “There’s a bad moon on the rise.” )
