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| From | "floatingunder" <underthefloat@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: beatles |
| Date | Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:19:54 -0000 |
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--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@...>
wrote:
>
> At Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:24:21 Marty wrote:
>
> >Excellent! ...and much of the lyric of Golden Slumber comes from
an old
> >nursery rhyme. Sir Paul did once refer to himself and John as a
> >"plagiarists extrodinaire".
>
> Actually, it was a poem by Thomas Dekker. Even with it in the
public domain,
> I'm not sure how McCartney got away with writing it without at
least
> including Dekker's name in the credits as lyricist as the first
four lines
> of the poem are identical except the word "wantons".
>
> Golden Slumbers Kiss Your Eyes
>
And George get's in a legal bind for "My Sweet Lord"....
I wonder if he ever wondered about Paul's dodging this one?
>
Steve D
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