I was just sittin' and pickin' the banjo, tryin' to work out performable arrangements of some old tunes: Tennessee Waltz, Maiden's Prayer, etc., when I hit a phrase that reminded me of Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart," so I played it for a while, and became aware that he must have swiped the tune: it's "Bill Groggins' Goat," which I'm sure I knew before 1940, which I'm also sure is before Hank "composed" "Your Cheatin' Heart." Oh, another of the tunes I had been fumbling my way through is "Over the Waves," which someone ripped off for "When You Are in Love." Relating this to the "Simple Gifts" thread, how many songs can we come up with that are as clearly plagiarized as these have been? --seed