Re: Dylan's Mishearing of "I Want To Hold Your Hand"

I'm reading a merchant mariner's memoir, whose author made two voyages
into Russian waters in the 70s.  One of the author's hard-drinking
shipmates liked to challenge Russians to drinking contests with prizes
at stake.  There was never a want for Russians who were eager to
compete.  During the contests, the American sailor would play "Back in
the USSR," to the delight of everyone.
What the Russian contenders did not know is that the American guy had a
supply of everclear, and that he would lace the bottles of Stolichnaya
from which the Russians were served with the grain alcohol.
He won every contest, to the great embarrassment of the Russians.