The Cremation of Sam McGee

[bboyminn]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "bboyminn" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
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> I meant to tack this onto my last post, but I forgot. 
> 
> It is hard to say why some poems grab me, and other don't, but
> I certainly found this one enjoyable. 
> 
> "The Cremation of Sam McGee"
> Robert Service (1874-1958)
> 
> 

If you don't feel like reading, Hank Snow, the country and western singer, does a very nice recitation of 'Sam McGee' -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yIqwyR1ays

Here is another rendition of the poem, I kind of like this narrators presentation -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lBkuz1TlVc&feature=related

Enjoy.

Robert Service also has his own website with several of his more popular poems -

http://www.robertwservice.com/

Steve/bboyminn