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05 Jan 03 - 11:12 AM (#859174) Subject: Lyr Add: Keep A Goin' From: voyager At our winter getaway to Vermont this year we found ourselves in a house with a great book at hand - "101 Famous Poems w/ Prose Supplement" (Roy J. Cook, The Cable Co. Press, 1929). Inside this marvelous anthology was the following poem by FRANK L. STANTON (1st Georgia Poet Laureate 1925-27). Keep a-Goin Frank L. Stanton If you strike a thorn or rose, Keep a-goin'! If it hails or if it snows, Keep a-goin'! 'Taint no use to sit an' whine When the fish ain't on your line; Bait your hook an' keep a-tryin'-- Keep a-goin'! When the weather kills your crop, Keep a-goin'! Though 'tis work to reach the top, Keep a-goin! S'pose you're out of every dime, Gittin broke ain;t no crime; Tell the world you're feeling prime-- Keep a-goin'! When it looks like all is up, Keep a-goin'! Drain the sweetness from the cup, Keep a-goin'! See the wild birds on the wing, Hear the bells that sweetly ring, When you feel like sighin', sing-- Keep a-goin'! The reason this verse is submitted under LYRICS ADD is that my wife and I remembered how HENRY GIBSON (aka Haven Hamilton) sung this tune in the Robert Altman NASHVILLE movie. And we thought hmm....the actors in that film were supposed to have submitted original tunes (like Keith Carradine's Oscar-Winning ditty - "I'M SLEAZY" (oops, "I'M EASY"). So much so originality. Hurray for the PUBLIC DOMAIN. Tim Weil FSGW Ghetto Silver Spring, MD. |
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05 Jan 03 - 12:37 PM (#859231) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Keep A Goin' From: Thomas the Rhymer Thanks for the bit o magic, Tim! Guess I'll have to do it up right, it's a keeper! ttr |