[78-L] Jack Lawrence (1912-2009)

[Kristjan Saag]

> Though he was mostly a lyricist, he wrote both the words and the music for 
> “Yes, My Darling Daughter,” made > famous in 1940 by Dinah Shore.
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Not quite. He borrowed the music from an Ukrainian tune, "Oy ne khody, 
Hritsu", which, itself, is said to be variations of the old cossack Minka 
theme, also used by Beethoven, Hummel and Carl Maria von Weber.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYrGI0FncYc

More about the song (from a youtube discussion):

"This is a 17th century Ukrainian song by semi-legendary female author 
Marusya Churaj. The song advises a man (Marusya's love) named Gryts' not to 
go to vechornyci, or traditional evening party for the youth. Gryts' went to 
this party, and was enchanted by a girl there. The song's refrain is 'lutshe 
bylo'- it would have been better not to have gone to the party, not to have 
known love and not to have loved, rather than to have experienced it and now 
having to let it go."

Kristjan