Talk:The Shooting of Dan McGrew
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Are his poems still under copyright protection or has it expired?
[edit]I was surprised that the poem itself wasn't here to read....any other reason for this?85.78.55.214 (talk) 21:01, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
- Well, it is sort of here, if you just follow the wikisource link at the top of the page. -- Idontcareanymore (talk) 22:17, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
You do know it is also referenced in a Looney Tunes episode "HAWAIIAN AYE-AYE"[1]. Tweety sings this song, "Her name was Hula Lou Kind of gal that never could be true She did her dancing in the evening breeze Beneath the trees She's got more sweeties than a dog has fleas I never knew a man who wouldn't shoot a Dan McGrew And sail across the briney blue to woo The lady known as Hula Lou" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.190.216.45 (talk) 19:46, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
- I love Tweety's version, but the song is from 1927, by the Carolina Tar Heels: [2] -- Whbjr (talk) 03:02, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
- I believe that the song "Hula Lou" does reference the Dan McGrew mentioned here. The poem was published in 1907, and the song was written in 1924. With the extreme popularity of both Robert Service (his poetry was so popular that many "serious" poets disliked both the work and the poet because of it) and with the exotic setting of the Yukon as a "last frontier", it's logical that the name "Dan McGrew" became synonymous with a dangerous gun fighter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.117.174.14 (talk) 17:56, 26 October 2015 (UTC)