# Do they sing "doned" in "Carry on Wayward son?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [May 14, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-sing-doned-in-carry-on-wayward-son/942110 "2021-05-14T21:00:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LauderdaleFort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@LauderdaleFort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauderdaleFort)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-sing-doned-in-carry-on-wayward-son/942110/1 "2021-05-14T21:00:37Z")
On just the second line of “Carry on Wayward son”, it seems to me that they say “done **d** ” instead of done. Am I just crazy or maybe a problem of editing? _Carry on, my wayward son_ _There’ll be peace when you are **done** _ _Lay your weary head to rest_ _Don’t you cry no more_ Just 8 seconds in: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2X_2IdybTV0/maxresdefault.jpg "Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X_2IdybTV0) ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-sing-doned-in-carry-on-wayward-son/942110/2 "2021-05-14T21:09:51Z")
Just sounds like an emphasis on the release of the “e” to me. Don-eh. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-sing-doned-in-carry-on-wayward-son/942110/3 "2021-05-15T01:03:42Z")
I hear it as “done” with a very slight exhalation noise after the word. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-sing-doned-in-carry-on-wayward-son/942110/4 "2021-05-15T03:30:42Z")
And if I claim to be a wise man… ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-sing-doned-in-carry-on-wayward-son/942110/5 "2021-05-15T05:03:12Z")
It surely means that you don’t know… I’ve heard this song eleventy brazillion times and have never heard it as anything but “done”. Some of those times I was even sober. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-sing-doned-in-carry-on-wayward-son/942110/6 "2021-05-17T14:22:35Z")
And here I thought he was saying - gone! ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-sing-doned-in-carry-on-wayward-son/942110/7 "2021-05-17T14:28:51Z")
I _like_ it! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-sing-doned-in-carry-on-wayward-son/942110/8 "2021-05-17T14:32:31Z")
I do not have the best ear for music, lyrics, or even plain old speech. I’m am much closer to the worst ear for those things but it is quite clear that the word being song is ‘done’, pronounced like ‘dun’. So my ears are worse than I thought or the OP should have their ears checked. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-sing-doned-in-carry-on-wayward-son/942110/9 "2021-05-17T15:25:33Z")
I just hear “done”. Used to love Kansas. Bought most of their albums, and they were the first band I saw in concert when I was 13. One of my friends had an older sister who drove and “chaperoned” us. Then during the concert she fired up a doob and asked if I wanted to hit it. My friend who was her brother pointedly shook his head no, and being very innocent at the time anyway, I politely refused. “you sure? You’ll enjoy the concert more”. I still managed to enjoy it a lot while totally sober. ---
**Author:** ![LauderdaleFort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@LauderdaleFort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauderdaleFort)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-sing-doned-in-carry-on-wayward-son/942110/10 "2021-05-17T17:10:29Z")
To the ear doctor it is!!