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Thread #6228   Message #4063567
Posted By: cnd
09-Jul-20 - 08:28 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Gold Miners' Songs (American)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gold Miners' Songs (American)
I'm surprised I didn't realize more of Service's poems had been turned to songs. I found a copy of Service's book Ballads of a Cheechako (I can't remember how I got it, but I read it only recently) and was surprised more weren't turned into songs. Service wrote poems in a very structured, metered style that makes implementation to song easier than a lot of modern poetic works.

You can read it online, now, here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/259/259-h/259-h.htm