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Thread #4315 Message #1121963
Posted By: GUEST,Uncle Jaque
23-Feb-04 - 02:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Cremation of Sam McGee (R W Service)
Subject: RE: Cremation of Sam McGee (Robert W. Service)
I'm glad that someone has put Service's Poems to music.
I started out to a couple of time, and had a pretty good one going for "McGrew", too - but never wrote it down.
Remember that Alaskan Songwriter "Patty" something I think, who wrote ".30 U.S. On The Wall" in the 1930s?
Unable to get ahold of the original score, I just up and wrote my own - and I kinda like it, actually.
It's one of those tunes that I really think Kendall Morse could do a lot better than I can, and hope to get to run it by him some time.
My Daughter, a Wildlife Biologist and Artist here in Maine, is a big Service fan.