<Li> The song enjoyed duplicate success on country radio, as a cover version by Johnny Carver . Carver's rendition - simply titled "Yellow Ribbon" - was a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in June 1973 . Carver's version also reached Number One on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada . Musically similar, the only difference in the song is the substitution of the minor expletive "damn" (in the lyric, "Now the whole damn bus is cheering") with "darn". </Li> <Li> Bing Crosby recorded the song on June 8, 1973 with an orchestra conducted by Billy Byers for Daybreak Records . </Li> <Li> Also in 1973, Jim Nabors covered the song on his album The Twelfth of Never (Columbia KC 32377). </Li> <Li> Also in 1973, Italian singer Domenico Modugno had a minor hit in Italy with a cover in his language: "Appendi un nastro giallo". The lyrics are a very faithful translation of the original, the only difference is that instead of watching the tree from a bus, the Italian singer watches it from a tram . </Li>

If i don't see a ribbon round the ole oak tree