Talk:My Buddy (song)

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(copied from User talk:Meni Rosenfeld)

This article states the following: It is universally believed this song was written about a World War soldier who lost his friend in battle. Well, you'll have to change this to "almost universally," because Charles Marowitz believes differently. In his article "The Neglected Walter Donaldson," Mr. Marowitz says the following: " His most durable song may well have been My Buddy written in l922, inspired by the unexpected and heartbreaking death of his young fiancé and curiously adopted during World War II as a song about male camaraderie among the allied troops. A simple but mesmerizing waltz tune, which, sung by an evocative singer, can still subdue a noisy nightclub audience into a reverent silence". Rumplestilskin (talk) 20:57, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Removed assertion about WWI camaraderie as "universally believed" inspiration for the lyrics. Here's a link to another interpretation, which I may put in article later. The Neglected Walter Donaldson Tapered (talk) 06:10, 28 May 2011 (UTC)