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Thread #152870 Message #3577509
Posted By: The Sandman
20-Nov-13 - 04:08 PM
Thread Name: changing words of c fox smith poetry in songs
Subject: RE: changing words of c fox smith poetry in songs
"The setting of India was relevant to the soldier who sent the poem in. Either he changed it or heard it with those words, but that's the way he remembered it."
not necessarily "relevant" to the soldier or whoever altered it, you are surmising, the rest of your statement is accurate,
but just because he misheard it or couldnt remember it properly, it is not an excuse for singing what the author did not write, especially, when it reduces the impact of the song.