[78-L] Fairies (serious question!)^

[Julian Vein]

On 08/07/12 05:02, David Lennick wrote:
> All right, sniggering all done? Good. Let's begin.
>
> THERE ARE FAIRIES AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR GARDEN..classic ditty rendered by
> Beatrice Lillie, originally on Gramophone Shop GV 1002; composer credit is
> LEHMANN (Liza, as I recall).
>
> FAIRIES..rendered by Lovena Gilbert, in the 1929 "Cheerio" album, Roycroft 179;
> composer credit is WISE.
>
> Same lyric, different melody. So we look up the words and discover a poem
> titled FAIRIES by Rose Fyleman (1877-1957). Exactly the same words. Seems
> Fyleman wrote the poem in 1917 and was a well known author, so wouldn't you
> think she'd have rated a lyricist credit somewhere along the line? Wasn't there
> a lawyer in the family?
>
> dl
>
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Perhaps there're more--after all, how many fairies can dance on the head 
of a pin?

       Julian Vein