Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 12:57:01 -0500



In article , roper@MCS.COM (Bill Roper) wrote:

>In article ,
>Gary McGath  wrote:
>
>>One which I recall is "I Am the Cheap Lawyer," to the tune of the
>>Roper/Fish "Destroyer in the Diadem." I don't know who wrote it.
>
>*gleep*  "Cheap Lawyer" is by Frank Hayes, set to the tune of my song,
>"The Destroyer", which is based on Gordy Dickson's novel, "Soldier,
>Ask Not".  "Cheap Lawyer" was written in tribute to Murray Porath.
>
>Leslie Fish also wrote a set of lyrics using the tune of "The Destroyer",
>which is just fine with me, as long as it's attributed correctly. :)

Apparently I was still missing a point on our last E-mail exchange; sorry
about that. Let's try one more time to make sure I've really got it right.
If I follow what you're saying:

  "The Destroyer" is the original, words and music by you (Bill).
  "Destroyer in the Diadem" is a set of lyrics by Leslie, written to "The
Destroyer."
  If this is correct, I'll make reference to "The Destroyer" as the
original in the new edition of the NESFA Hymnal, Volume 2. After 10 years
of thinking Leslie wrote the tune, people will finally be getting the
correct information. :) Please verify; thanks.
        -- Gary

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   Gary McGath     gmcgath@ultranet.com
   http://www.ultranet.com/~gmcgath

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