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#115774 - 11/17/03 08:03 AM Re: "have got"?
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13667	I think it's wrong. It should be *"I got rhythm, I got music…"*
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#115775 - 11/17/03 04:37 PM Re: "have got"?
gift horse member Registered: 11/03/03 Posts: 180 Loc: Austin, TX	As soon as I read this post, there started up in my head, "I've got rhythm, I've got music .....". What do y'all make of that usage? I think Gershwin can do whatever he wants (wanted). Actually, if you look at the entire lyrics he uses both "I got" and "I've got" in the song. One of my favorites is: "I've got you under my skin I've got you deep in the heart of me So deep in my heart You're nearly a part of me I've got you under my skin..." Great romantic dance song...if memory serves. sigh
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#115776 - 11/17/03 06:41 PM Re: "have got"?
Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	Great romantic dance song...if memory serves. sigh Technically it was before my time, but I do love old-fashioned social dancing. Waltzes, and fox-trots and all. We have ballroom around but it's not quite the same, less about dancing well and more about dancing "correctly". I was born a generation too late. My father told me about the late 40's and early 50's when there was a dance every night except Sunday. Because of the LOrd's Day act you couldn't shold a dance on Sunday - but you could start one at 12:01 AM on Monday.
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#115777 - 11/17/03 07:08 PM Gotta dance!
gift horse member Registered: 11/03/03 Posts: 180 Loc: Austin, TX	I love to dance, too, Carol. I have an older male friend who was teaching me how to dance; waltz, foxtrot, Tango. Very fun. The problem is finding men who know how to dance properly. My DH is clueless. I suppose I was born too late as well (1962), though I wouldn't trade with my mother or grandmothers and have to deal with the faulty birth control of that earlier age. Yikes!
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#115778 - 11/17/03 07:16 PM Re: Gotta dance!
Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	Hey Twin, Come to vancouver and I'll introduce you to the dance scene here.
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#115779 - 11/17/03 08:53 PM Re: Gotta dance!
gift horse member Registered: 11/03/03 Posts: 180 Loc: Austin, TX	Hey Twin, Come to vancouver and I'll introduce you to the dance scene here. Thanks! Sounds like great fun to me! I may just take you up on that someday. We could be cool together.
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#115780 - 11/17/03 11:25 PM Re: "have got"?
Bobyoungbalt veteran Registered: 11/22/00 Posts: 1289	You're probably right, Faldage, but I know I've heard "Ive got" as well as "I got". Do we need to consult the original Gershwin MS?
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#115781 - 11/18/03 08:02 AM You're both right
gift horse member Registered: 11/03/03 Posts: 180 Loc: Austin, TX	Here are the lyrics: I Got Rhythm Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald In this fast and troubled world we sometimes lose our way But I am never lost I feel this way because... I got rhythm, I got music, I got my girl Who could ask for anything more? I've got good times, no more bad times I've got my girl, who could ask for anything more? Old man trouble I don't mind him You won't find him around my door I've got starlight, I've got sweet dreams I've got my girl, who could ask for, who could ask for more? Old man trouble, I don't mind him You won't find, you're never gonna find him 'round my door Oh, I've got rhythm, I've got music I got my girl, who could ask for anything more? I've got rhythm, I've got rhythm ... Gershwin
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#115782 - 11/18/03 09:47 AM Re: "have got"?
gift horse member Registered: 11/03/03 Posts: 180 Loc: Austin, TX	Relax gift horse, all you did was start a conversation. I'm not tense, just terribly terribly alert.
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#115783 - 11/18/03 09:55 AM Re: "have got"?
dxb Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/06/02 Posts: 1692 Loc: UK	Better to be a lert than a loof.
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