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Thread #1252 Message #3602877
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
19-Feb-14 - 01:34 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Hangin' on the Old Barbed Wire
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hangin' on the Old Barbed Wire
There are many variations.
The verses given above by Masato (14 Feb 03) from Brophy and Partridge are repeated in Julian Symons, 1942, "An Anthology of War Poetry," Pelican Books.
Printed in England during WW2, the acid-rich paper used is deteriorating rapidly.
I cannot find that the book was reprinted later on good paper.