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Thread #140894 Message #3815339
Posted By: Lighter
18-Oct-16 - 12:52 PM
Thread Name: Origins: She Was Poor (Same The Whole World Over)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: She Was Poor (Same The Whole World Over)
Jack, the only real similarity I see is in the first line, and without any other corresponding features, that may well be coincidental. After all, in the song the girl is "standing on the bridge"; in the poem, a narrator "stands on the bridge."
The meter may not mean much either: many songs use it, including, just for example, "Rolling Home."