[net.poems] Question about a poem

ggr@lanl.ARPA (Geary Radcliffe) (05/16/86)

There was a poem in my 10th grade English book, that I can't quite
remember.  Does anyone know the title or lyrics?  It went partially
like this...

"...Now Sam Magee was from Tennessee,
    Where the cotton blooms and blows,
    And why he left his home in the South to roam
    Round the poles, God only knows..."

I think it was called, THE MIDNIGHT TALE OF SAM MAGEE, but I'm not sure.
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morganha@tekecs.UUCP (05/19/86)

The poem was called "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert W. Service.
Service wrote quite a number of "Alaska gold rush" poems and quite a number
of WWI poems as well.  Check his poetry out -- there's a lot of humor there
that I enjoy.

Good reading
--morgan

ken@hcrvax.UUCP (Ken Scott) (05/20/86)

Geary:

The poem you are looking for is called, "The Cremation of Sam McGee."
It was written by Robert Service, and can be found, among other
places, in "Songs of a Sourdough."  It starts with:

	There are strange things done, by the midnight sun,
	By the men who moil for gold.
	The arctic trails have their secret tales
	That would make your blood run cold.
	The northern lights have seen queer sights,
	But the strangest they ever did see,
	Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
	I cremated Sam Mcgee.

(No flames on minor misquotations please, grade 7 was a while ago.)