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Thread #32   Message #358
Posted By: dick greenhaus
11-Nov-96 - 09:41 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Bricklayer's Lament
Subject: RE: Lyric:The Bricklayer's Lament
Hi- Sadly, the vagaries of spelling and peoples' memories make a search at least as much of an art as a science. This song was submitted as "Why Paddy's Not At Work Today" (The Excuse Note). A search for "bricks" would have turned it up, as would a search for "note". Or "Paddy".

There are a couple of tricks to help things along. One is to use wildcards: "brick*" would have searched for "brick", "bricks" or "bricklayer". Another useful trick is to use combination requests: brick* note. That would produce 10 hits, including the one you wanted.

Try to search for odd phrases or words you remember: it doesn't matter where they fall in the song.

dick