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I'm a Cohen fan from England. His debut album is one of my two all-time favourites, and I was lucky enough to see him in concert five times. His rapport with the audience was brilliant.

In late 1970, someone wrote to the New Musical Express (a leading UK music weekly) to ask if the US Cohen single, Moneylender's Daughter, would be issued in the UK. The editorial comment was that CBS (Cohen's label in the UK) had no plans to do so. A few months later Songs of Love and Hate was issued, including Sing Another Song, Boys - which of course mentions a moneylender's daughter.

But I have never found reference to Moneylender's Daughter as a single, or a title, in any discography. Which is peculiar, because the original letter-writer must have got the title from somewhere.

Can anyone shed any light?

Most likely reason seems to me that in the release of Love and Hate they changed the title of the song to "Sing another song boys"

simoncm wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 3:42 am ...In late 1970, someone wrote to the New Musical Express (a leading UK music weekly) to ask if the US Cohen single, Moneylender's Daughter, would be issued in the UK. The editorial comment was that CBS (Cohen's label in the UK) had no plans to do so... the original letter-writer must have got the title from somewhere...

Are you relying on your memory for something that you read 54 years ago, or do you have a copy of this magazine for current reference? Even if it was printed as you say, that does not necessarily indicate that the letter-writer got the title right!

I hope that somebody can provide a definitive answer for you. Cheers!

He should have left the title as Moneylender's Daughter.

abby wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2024 3:16 am He should have left the title as Moneylender's Daughter.

We have not yet established that he, or anyone else other than one letter-writer quoted in a UK magazine, ever called it that.

Incidentally, an early version of "Sing Another Song, Boys", entitled, "As You Can See", was recorded during Leonard's 1967 studio sessions. The lyrics for the first part of "As You Can See" are almost identical to what we know as "Sing Another Song, Boys", but there are some additional and never released lyrics in the second part of the song, and the melody is quite different.