Believe me Bart, this comes up about once a year, and we're sticking with a direct quote from Mingus himself that says WAS and not WERE, as posted by mingusmingusmingus.com, among other places.
I believe that there are some album covers (Mingus Dynasty, I think) that use WERE, but there is some suggestion that somebody at Columbia Records arbitrarily decided to correct Mingus's grammar.
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"If Charlie Parker WERE a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats" is the title of Charles Mingus's song (aka "Gunslinging Bird", 1959).
Believe me Bart, this comes up about once a year, and we're sticking with a direct quote from Mingus himself that says WAS and not WERE, as posted by mingusmingusmingus.com, among other places.
I believe that there are some album covers (Mingus Dynasty, I think) that use WERE, but there is some suggestion that somebody at Columbia Records arbitrarily decided to correct Mingus's grammar.
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