Even though everywhere I've read says that the lyrics is,
"Between the two of us to SING this thing,"
even on their own website, it sounds to me as if the lyric is "sink" instead. It doesn't sound like his "ing"s on "living" or "thing", where he occasionally leaves of the "g" part of the sound, often times making a more "in'" sound. Based on that observation of his singing style, I do not find it surprising that the first repeat of the first chorus he drops the "k", making it more of a "sin'" than even "sing" or "sink". The "k" sound on the second repeat of the first chorus and both repeats on the second chorus are inexplicable and irreconcilable with his style of leaving off the last consonant in "ing" "ink" and presumably the other three letter suffixes of similar a phonetic.
There is always the chance that I somehow pirated a unique bootleg and not the official song, but this is not the case as I have compared it with multiple versions on youtube and other media streaming services.
Not only is "sink" the correct lyric according to listening, but it makes the song make more sense. Who ever heard of the expression, "to sing this thing"? It makes no sense outside of the context of a song. That's not the way The Hoosiers write their lyrics, they could make sense even out of context. The expression "to sink this thing" is much more common and makes sense.
Even though everywhere I've read says that the lyrics is, "Between the two of us to SING this thing," even on their own website, it sounds to me as if the lyric is "sink" instead. It doesn't sound like his "ing"s on "living" or "thing", where he occasionally leaves of the "g" part of the sound, often times making a more "in'" sound. Based on that observation of his singing style, I do not find it surprising that the first repeat of the first chorus he drops the "k", making it more of a "sin'" than even "sing" or "sink". The "k" sound on the second repeat of the first chorus and both repeats on the second chorus are inexplicable and irreconcilable with his style of leaving off the last consonant in "ing" "ink" and presumably the other three letter suffixes of similar a phonetic. There is always the chance that I somehow pirated a unique bootleg and not the official song, but this is not the case as I have compared it with multiple versions on youtube and other media streaming services. Not only is "sink" the correct lyric according to listening, but it makes the song make more sense. Who ever heard of the expression, "to sing this thing"? It makes no sense outside of the context of a song. That's not the way The Hoosiers write their lyrics, they could make sense even out of context. The expression "to sink this thing" is much more common and makes sense.
I recommend that this lyric be changed.