The Field's From
Star Star's Lead!
Song's Stephen Foster, .... Brings!
If you look at Stephen Foster,
who wrote songs for the minstrel shows,
you wouldn’t expect a genius
that all of the world would know.
He was another bookkeeper
for a steamship company,
until he started writing tunes
that to this day sound masterly.
Today those same minstrel shows
seem quite insulting to good minds,
they weren’t exactly ‘High Culture’
way back in Foster’s time,
but the man wrote Old Susanna,
and My Old Kentucky Home,
the Swanee River, Camptown Races,
and Hard Times Come Again No More.
Even Beautiful Dreamer,
and Genie With The Light Brown Hair,
the amount of hits this man wrote
can drive musicians to despair.
From throw-away entertainment
that never got a second look,
this man alone wrote the core of
The Great American Songbook.
That he still remains relevant,
even known at this late date,
show that we never can predict
who exactly will be great.
I can't believe that he could claim
A poem by Edgar Allan Poe,
Titled as is, but with his name!
That is plagiarism, we know!
Wallace Stevens, Stephen Foster,
Thomas Moore, Sir Philip Sidney,
Famous authors whose works are here-
Posted as this guy's poetry!
Plagiarists steal written work,
And thrive with inadequacy.
Their minds are warped, there evil lurks,
They're crooks, that is seen quite clearly!
When someone would post as his own
The writings of well-known authors,
Then to the whole world he makes known
He's a pathetic pretender!
Cynthia Buhain-Baello~~~02.27.16
Note: Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts,ideas, or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own original work. It is "intellectual property theft" . ---"It’s robbing people of their ideas, inventions, and creative expressions—what’s called intellectual property—everything from trade secrets and proprietary products and parts to movies and music and software." (Source: FBI-www.fbi.bgov/about-us/investigate)
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