I enjoyed the poem very much and intend to read it to my group of senior citizens at Halloween....it is nice...creepy, but nice. Joyce Gaston Reece, Rootsweb Listminder for NE-TN; Hembree; Galbraith; Knuckles; Raper & Meigs Co., Tennessee ----- Original Message ----- From: <Morom01@aol.com> To: <TNCHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 10:34 PM Subject: [TNCHAT] Sam McGee > Robert Service wrote the poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee, it's one of my > favorites. I used it last year for my Union County Halloween Special. It was > published once in a Girl Scout's Campfire book. > > There was a community called Plumbtree outside of either Middle Tennessee > State University or East Tennesse State University, I can't remember which, > but it's one of those State University places. I suspect the Plumbtree in the > poem was fictional though. > > Kind of a creepy poem isn't it! I enjoy a good bit of prose about burning > dead corpses! <g> > > Chip > > > ==== TNCHAT Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list please visit: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnunion/tnchat > This list is generously donated by Rootsweb for our use. > Complete rules for TnChat may be found at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnunion/tnchat > >