Song Lyrics Appearing First as Poems (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Alison Murie]

On Mar 3, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:

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> Subject:      Re: Song Lyrics Appearing First as Poems (UNCLASSIFIED)
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> I appreciate the help of all those who have responded, but please
> note that I explicitly did not want well-known poems that were set
> to music.  My interest is in well-known songs, generally thought of
> as songs, that had a precursor poem published.
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> Fred Shapiro
It depends, doesn't it  on whom it, or they, was well-known to?  Lots
of people, e.g., might know songs that were settings of Yeats' poems
without knowing the poems as such.
AM

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