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Show Poor Tom. A very youthful and entirely unknown un-known musical composer read some verses by the renowned Thomas Moore which he liked very much. Forthwith the buzz of Inspiration circulated through his brain, and the next thing he knew he had evolved a tune which went right prettily with the words of the Irish poet. Much elated, the very youthful composer took the product to a publisher of popular songs and sang it to him. The publisher shook has head. "The music's ail right," he opined, "but the words are bum." |