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Thread #17516   Message #169606
Posted By: Steve Parkes
28-Jan-00 - 03:39 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Marylin Monroe
Subject: Marylin Monroe
Yes. I know it's in the DT, but ...

Many years ago, or so the story goes, my old mate Barrie Roberts had a call from Lorna Campbell (of the Ian Campbell Folk Group) to ask if he knew the words. He recited them over the phone, but due to a combination of a bad line and hasty scrawl, when the group came to work it up, they ended up with a few mistakes. Does anyone know the correct lyrics? And can anyone tell me who wrote it?

To save you looking it up, it's the one that goes
To Hollywood, to Hollywood, to Hollywood I'll go
And you shall know me by the name of Maryilin Monroe,
And soldiers and sailors, wherever they may go,
Will wish that they could have a girl like Marylin Monroe.

Ta, Steve