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Thread #16283   Message #3341952
Posted By: Joe_F
22-Apr-12 - 10:56 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Prodigal Son
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Prodigal Son
Leslie Fish also set Kipling's poem to music, and recorded a rollicking version of it. (Unfortunately, she didn't look up how to pronounce "catechize", and she spoiled the comic line "Till I want to go out and swear" by changing it to "stand up and swear".)