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Thread #4315   Message #23791
Posted By: Tim Jaques tjaques@netcom.ca
14-Mar-98 - 06:34 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Cremation of Sam McGee (R W Service)
Subject: RE: SAM McGEE
Newfoundlander, Stompin' Tom Conners did a version of The Cremation of Sam McGee. He had to alter the lyrics slightly to get it to scan but it is mostly the same as the poem.

I agree. Service's war poetry was his best stuff. A lot of good poems came out of WWI from servicemen of various countries -- don't soldiers write poetry any more?