Growing up we had a partially deaf friend who sang it like that. And that song Sweet Hitchhiker. The lyrics went, "sweet hitchhiker, walking round in my pants."
check out his "revival" album. Here is "summer of love" sounds like it came straight out of the 60's. He's got some mean skills! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I81bWjUX4U
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