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Re: What are they saying in "Old Brown Shoe"?

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by: Keith Woods - Wed, 19 Jan 2022 11:39 UTC

On Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 4:57:55 PM UTC-5, Nil wrote:
> What are the chanting vocals saying in the ending fadeout of "Old Brown
> Shoe"? It's so indistinct that my imagination can impose a number of
> different possibilities, but it really sounds most like nonsense
> syllables, something like "do-la, do-lay-do". The version sung by Gary
> Booker from the Concert for George sounds like of like "Too late, too
> late doll", but that doesn't really make much sense in the context of
> the song. Am I missing something obvious?
It sounds like "Ooh Lord, too late now" to me.

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Re: What are they saying in "Old Brown Shoe"?	Keith Woods