Subject: Re: Burns, coming through the rye
From: Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Date: Sat Jul 21 2001 - 21:40:20 GMT
On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 03:34:52PM -0600, Suzanne Morine wrote:
> So, whether Will was asking about the song or not, I am curious: were the
> words to the song different than the poem?
Yes, the words to the poem differ from the words the boy sings in
CATCHER. Holden knows this, and says so (so, clearly, Salinger knows
the difference between what Burns wrote and what the boy sings) as he
walks along Broadway, if I recall correctly.
--tim
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