Can anyone help Mr Simmons ??
Best regards, John R
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> I'm certain that you are not in the business of answering innane questions
> from just any dunce out here, but I am in dire need of help. I have put
my
> reputation on the line by saying that the unofficial song of Yale
University
> here in the United States (by the way, the alma mater of George W. Bush --
> for better or worse) was inspired by Rudyard Kipling, but I can't prove
it.
> The song is called "The Whiffenpoof Song." But I remember that a Kipling
> line from a poem that must have inspired the song. All I can remember is:
>
> Gentleman rankers out on a spree,
> Damned from here to eternity.
> Oh, Lord, have mercy on such as we.
> Baa, Baa, Baa.
>
> The argument started when I stated that James Jones got his title for his
> best selling novel "From Here to Eternity" from Kipling. I also stated
that
> James Jones got the title for his other best seller, "The Thin Red Line"
from
> Kipling, and I was able to prove that by finding a copy of "Tommy," whence
> the line. But I can neither remember nor find the poem where "from here
to
> eternity" and by extension the entire "Whiffenpoof Song" owe their
origins.
>
> Can you help?
>
> You can reach me at [log in to unmask]
>
> I appreciate your help.
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