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20 August, 2010

The Cremation of Sam McGee



Let Zane regale you again, this time with a frightening pyre. He is my school chum from long ago.

Zane - The Quantum Poetizer.
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6 comments:

  1. Charlene BrownAugust 20, 2010 at 10:36 AM

    I was going to suggest you change your 'Americana' label on this post to 'Canadiana' but then Zane reminded me Sam was in fact from Tennessee.

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  2. Casey KlahnAugust 20, 2010 at 3:24 PM

    Actually, Charlene, I had no idea Service was a Canadian, and I think you were right in the first place.

    I was given to my misconception by the American part of the Klondike Gold Rush, especially with our local Seattle connections.

    The last guy I heard recite this poem, BTW, was Big Jim Whittaker. That was cool.

    Thanks for filling me in!!

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  3. Ruth ArmitageAugust 24, 2010 at 10:30 AM

    Casey,
    Thanks for the treat. My dad used to recite this poem to us each Halloween night... scared the dickens out of my sisters & I. His voice was a bit more gruff & gravelly, but the delivery was similar. Fond memories!

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  4. Casey KlahnAugust 24, 2010 at 4:24 PM

    I really want to memorize it, now. Thanks, Ruth.`

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  5. Katherine van SchoonhovenAugust 27, 2010 at 6:12 PM

    Books of Robert Service's poems were in every bookstore I went in from Juneau south! Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Casey KlahnAugust 27, 2010 at 8:08 PM

    A guy walks into a bar in Whitehorse. The local says to him, "you look like Robert Service."

    Then, the trouble begins...

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