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Thread #57161 Message #1066792
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
06-Dec-03 - 01:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: O, de Lord tol' Nory
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: O, de Lord tol' Nory
Unless I'm misreading your post, you've got it wrong: The parody (if it is that) would be the one that modern readers find easier to read, the first one you set out.
The second one given is 29 years before the first one, at least in terms of publication.
In either case, I don't see a parody situation here. The contents of the two songs MAY be developmentally connected, but they are too different, both in structure and in content.