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Subject:
The Whole Two Yards
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Richard Pennycuick <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 19 Oct 2002 12:14:25 +1100
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A recent CD purchase contains the prelude to Hindemith's When Lilacs
Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd.  I've never heard the full work, but idly
wondered what a dooryard is because it's not a term used in my part of
the world.  My dictionary says it can be either a front yard or a back
yard.  Is the term still used?  Does anyone know which one Whitman meant?
For the record, I once had a lilac tree in my back yard.

Richard Pennycuick
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