The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #94336   Message #1826362
Posted By: Genie
04-Sep-06 - 03:12 AM
Thread Name: Common poems set to music
Subject: RE: Common poems set to music
Carolyn Hester recorded a beautifully haunting song called "Blackjack Oak," which I learned, via Mudcat, is either lifted from or at least adapted from a portion of Benet's epic poem "John Brown's Body."