--- 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