Dave wrote:

I agree with the poster that intereprets this as a
hmmm...vernacular thing. As in, "A good friend and true". "Crew" works
better,absolutely, but to my ear, and appreciating the art of poetics, I
believe it's "true".

I always thought it was supposed to be "crew," too, but that Mr. Lightfoot
made a mistake during the recording that they didn't bother correcting for
the final cut.


--
Peter