09-23-2010, 10:18 PM | #1 |
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Gilligans' Island and Emily Dickinson
According to http://xkcd.com/788/, Emily Dickinsons' poem, Death can be sung to the tune of Gilligans' Island. I dared not believe it - but here it is!
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09-23-2010, 10:24 PM | #2 | |
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09-24-2010, 03:14 AM | #3 |
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Funny, I have always sung it to that tune. From the first time I memorized it in 7th grade....
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09-25-2010, 06:33 PM | #4 |
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also - try singing it to The Yellow Rose of Texas
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09-25-2010, 06:47 PM | #5 |
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Is that an editorial comment...
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09-25-2010, 09:21 PM | #6 |
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Ah, the joys of poetry written in perfect ballad metre. Apparently this works with almost all of Dickinson's poems and a number of non/traditional tunes.
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