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He'd glide 'cross the floor with the girl he adored And the band played on. But his brain was so loaded it nearly exploded; The poor girl would shake with alarm. He'd ne'er leave the girl with the strawberry curls And the band played on. The song has become a pop standard with many recordings made.
The song, referred to as "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger", was featured in the 2019 World War I drama 1917. [16] It was performed by actor and singer Jos Slovick. In February 2020, a Change.org petition collected over 2,500 signatures to urge film producers, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures to release a full studio version of Slovick ...
[8] [9] In 1962, Derek Lamb, best known as a British animation filmmaker and producer, included it on an album itself called She Was Poor but She Was Honest. [10] It has also appeared in recorded compilations of rugby songs. The Whole World Over is also the English title of a 1947 play by Konstantin Simonov, [11] and of a 2007 novel by Julia ...
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The Raven and Other Poems, Wiley and Putnam, New York, 1845. Poe first brought "The Raven" to his friend and former employer George Rex Graham of Graham's Magazine in Philadelphia. Graham declined the poem, which may not have been in its final version, though he gave Poe $15 (equivalent to $491 in 2023) as charity. [31]
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Louise Rand Bascom, in an essay in the Journal of American Folklore Apr–June 1909, dated the song back into the 19th century. It appears to cross over between the black and white communities, united in saucy humour. Other version have "City girls, country girls, mountain girls", "White girl, yellow girl, black girl" (or the other way around).
Eleanor Gates (26 September 1874 – 7 March 1951) was an American playwright who created seven plays that were staged on Broadway. [2] Her best known work was the play The Poor Little Rich Girl, which was produced by her husband in 1913 [3] and went on to be made as films for Mary Pickford in 1917 and for Shirley Temple in 1936.