It's still hard to believe I had to write this song. It's ironic that I capitalized on the death of these American students. Probably the biggest lesson ever learned at an American place of learning. My best CSNY cut. Recorded totally live in Los Angeles. David Crosby cried after this take. Neil Young Decade liner notes 1977

Here's an old song for you. That you may want to forget about. Probably one of the only folk songs I ever wrote. Neil Young Stadthalle, Offenbach, West Germany March 19, 1976

So I was playing with a band once which will go unnamed. Too many names in it. I was staying in a hotel, like we always do, back then. Now I never do. I was in this hotel in London. The band was playing a gig over there. I was walking around in my room and I saw this light switch and it had 2 little dots on it - just round dots you know, very old. One said, Man. The other one said, Maid. It wasn't my idea. A couple sometimes get a little nervous when I do that. A little edgy. "What's he saying, what does that mean, what does that mean? What about Robin Hood? he had Maid Mariann, right. she was beautiful. That's what Robin Hood thought." Anyway, that unnamed band did a lot of songs that were very good and relevant during its time. Neil Young Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA October 8, 2014