english quotes are introduced by commas, not colons

Bob_Dylan/Hurricane.sg

@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@
   \beginverse
     Alfred Bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops
     Him and Arthur Dexter Bradley were just out prowling around
-    He said: ``I saw two men running out, they looked like middleweights
+    He said, ``I saw two men running out, they looked like middleweights
     They jumped into a white car with out of state plates''
   \endverse
 
   \beginverse*
     And Miss Patty Valentine just nodded her head
-    Cop said: ``Wait a minute boys, this one's not dead''
+    Cop said, ``Wait a minute boys, this one's not dead''
     So they took him to the infirmary
     And although this man could hardly see
     They told him that he could identify the guilty men
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@
 
 
   \beginverse
-    Arthur Dexter Bradley said: ``I'm really not sure''
-    The cops said: ``A poor boy like you could really use a break
+    Arthur Dexter Bradley said, ``I'm really not sure''
+    The cops said, ``A poor boy like you could really use a break
     We got you for the motel job and were talking to your friend Bello
     Now you don't want to have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow''
   \endverse

Bruce_Springsteen/Mrs_McGrath.sg

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     Up came Ted without any legs
     And in their place, two wooden pegs
     She kissed him a dozen times or two
-    And said: ``My god, Ted is it you?''
+    And said, ``My god, Ted is it you?''
   \endverse
 
   \beginverse*

Elvis_Presley/Don_t_be_cruel.sg

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
   \beginverse
     Let's walk up to the preacher
-    And let us say: ``I do''
+    And let us say, ``I do''
     Then you'll know you have me
     And I'll know I'll have you too
     Don't be cruel, to a heart that's true

Herman_Dune/Bristol.sg

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
   \endverse
 
   \beginchorus
-    You said: ``Do you know what happened today?''
-    And I said: ``No''
+    You said, ``Do you know what happened today?''
+    And I said, ``No''
   \endchorus
 
   \beginverse
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
   \endverse
 
   \beginchorus
-    You said: ``Would you want some tea or another drink?''
-    And I said: ``No''
+    You said, ``Would you want some tea or another drink?''
+    And I said, ``No''
   \endchorus
 
   \beginverse
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
   \endverse
 
   \beginchorus
-    You said: ``Will you need an extra blanket?''
-    And I said: ``No''
+    You said, ``Will you need an extra blanket?''
+    And I said, ``No''
   \endchorus
 
 \endsong

JCFrog/Russians.sg

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   \endverse
 
   \beginchorus
-    Some hackers say: ``We will protect you''
+    Some hackers say, ``We will protect you''
     I don't subscribe to this point of view
     It's such an ignorant thing to do
     If the cowboys love their children too
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   \endverse
 
   \beginchorus
-    @nk\_m say: ``I will fiber you''
+    @nk\_m say, ``I will fiber you''
     I do subscribe to this point of view
     This is the least that we can do
     If we truly love our children 2.0

Kimya_Dawson/Tree_hugger.sg

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
   \gtab{D}{XX0232}
 
   \beginverse
-    \[G]The flower said: ``I wish I was a \[C]tree''
-    The tree said: ``I wish I could \[D]be
+    \[G]The flower said, ``I wish I was a \[C]tree''
+    The tree said, ``I wish I could \[D]be
     A different kind of tree''
     \[G]The cat wished that it was a bee
     \[G]The turtle wished that it could fly
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   \endverse
 
   \beginverse
-    And the rattlesnake said: ``I wish I had hands
+    And the rattlesnake said, ``I wish I had hands
     So I could hug you like a man''
     And then the cactus said:
     ``Don't you understand?

Mes_souliers_sont_rouges/The_rooster.sg

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     No eggs would they \[G7]lay
     We had some chickens
     No eggs would they \[C]lay\[C7]
-    The wife said: ``\[F]Honey
+    The wife said, ``\[F]Honey
     We're losing \[C]money (oh yeah)
     Because that \[G7]chickens
     No eggs would they \[C]lay''\[C7]
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     No milk would she give
     We had a moo-cow
     No milk would she give
-    The wife said: ``Honey
+    The wife said, ``Honey
     We're losing money
     Because that moo-cow
     No milk would she gives''
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     No tusk would he grow
     We had an elephant
     No tusk would he grow
-    The wife said: ``Honey
+    The wife said, ``Honey
     We're losing money
     Because that elephant
     No tusk would he grow''
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
     He was awfully gay
     We had a rooster
     He was funny that way
-    The wife said: ``Honey
+    The wife said, ``Honey
     We're losing money
     Because that rooster
     Was funny that way''

Simon_Garfunkel/Me_and_Julio_down_by_the_schoolyard.sg

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   \beginverse
     The mama looked down and spit on the ground
     Every time my name gets mentioned
-    The papa said: ``Oh, if I get that boy
+    The papa said, ``Oh, if I get that boy
     I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention''
   \endverse
 

Sting/Russians.sg

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   \endverse
 
   \beginchorus
-    Mr. \[C]Khrushchev said: ``We will \[E7]bury you''
+    Mr. \[C]Khrushchev said, ``We will \[E7]bury you''
     I \[Am]don't subscribe to this \[E7]point of view
     It would be \[Am]such an \[G]ignorant \[F]thing to \[E7]do
     If the \[Am]Russians love \[E7]their children \[Am]too
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   \endverse
 
   \beginchorus
-    Mr. Reagan says: ``We will protect you''
+    Mr. Reagan says, ``We will protect you''
     I don't subscribe to this point of view
     Believe me when I say to you:
     ``I hope the Russian love their children too''

The_Eagles/Hotel_California.sg

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   \beginverse
     Mirrors on the ceiling
     The pink champagne on ice
-    And she said: ``We are all just prisoners here
+    And she said, ``We are all just prisoners here
     Of our own device''
     And in the master's chambers
     They gathered for the feast