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Thread #21647   Message #231382
Posted By: GUEST,bigJ
21-May-00 - 10:10 AM
Thread Name: ADD: A Shropshire Lad (poem by John Betjeman)
Subject: RE: Captain Webb the swimmer
Certainly, the poem/song is on 'Banana Blush' by John Betjeman with musical accompaniment by that splendid musician Jim Parker. The recording originally appeared in 1974 but was released on CD in 1995 on Virgin Records VCCCD19.7243 8 40569 2 6. Its name is'A Shropshire Lad' but it has nothing to do with A.E. Houseman's poem of the same name.