n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 days agoWhat kind of man you want?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down118
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minus-squarePolydoreSmith@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-27 days agoJune inspired it when she told Johnny “loving you is like being caught in a ring of fire”, but she didn’t write the song. It’s a common myth that she penned the actual song.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 days agoHuh, I may have it wrong… but that would mean wikipedia has it wrong. Says June Carter and Merle Kilgore wrote the original version, sung originally by June’s sister Anita. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire_(song) Maybe Johnny edited it a bit? I… struggle to say this pun but uh: This is some real Folk-Lore.
June inspired it when she told Johnny “loving you is like being caught in a ring of fire”, but she didn’t write the song. It’s a common myth that she penned the actual song.
Huh, I may have it wrong… but that would mean wikipedia has it wrong.
Says June Carter and Merle Kilgore wrote the original version, sung originally by June’s sister Anita.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire_(song)
Maybe Johnny edited it a bit?
I… struggle to say this pun but uh:
This is some real Folk-Lore.