Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!ericf From: ericf@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Trying to figure out a lyric - (nf) Message-ID: <122@inmet.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Jun-83 08:40:58 EDT Article-I.D.: inmet.122 Posted: Mon Jun 27 08:40:58 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 28-Jun-83 01:44:26 EDT Lines: 22 #N:inmet:6600005:000:561 inmet!ericf Jun 26 21:00:00 1983 I have this song lyric whose meaning I have been trying to track down for a while. The lyric goes: "See the drunkard in the tavern, stemming gold to make ends meet" My question is: What does "stemming gold" mean? The lyric is from the song "Don Quixote" by Gordon Lightfoot. The "stemming gold" line is hard to understand on the record, so I checked a song sheet to find out what he was saying. Please respond via mail. Thanks in advance... Eric Feigenson Intermetrics, Inc. Cambridge, MA harpo!inmet!ericf decvax!cca!ima!inmet!ericf