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From: paul@hp-sdd.hp.com (Paul K Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.text.desktop,rec.music.misc
Subject: Re: What song contains the phrase "WYSIWYG"?
Summary: Come and Get It by Badfinger
Message-ID: <3023@hp-sdd.hp.com>
Date: 26 Dec 89 06:17:27 GMT
References: <351@fwi.uva.nl> <1TvfrT#4xr7gM=eric@snark.uu.net>
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In article <1TvfrT#4xr7gM=eric@snark.uu.net>, eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
> In <351@fwi.uva.nl> Freek Wiedijk wrote:
> >                                         I know that [WYSIWYG] is an
> > abbreviation of the phrase "what you see is what you get".  I know (?)
> > that this phrase comes from some popular song.
> 
> I'm not dead sure, but I *think* the phrase occurred in a lyric which began
> thus:
> 
> 	If you want it / here it is, come and get it
> 	But you better hurry 'cause it's going fast
> 	If you want it / here it is, come and get it
> 	But you better hurry 'cause it may not last
> 	Did I hear you say that there must be a catch?
> 	What was it they said about a fool and his money...

These are the entire lyrics of the song "Come and Get it", although
they are repeated a few times.  Pretty sure of this, I just pulled
it out and listened to it.

I *do* very vaguely remember the song in question though (I think).  It
had a very Motown sound to it, and I think it was done by the same group
that did "Backstabbers".  The main chorus went something like:

What you see, is what you get,
<something> <something> the best thing yet.

Can't pull out any more at the moment. :-(

> Does anyone know more for sure?

Money back guarantee!
> -- 
>       Eric S. Raymond = eric@snark.uu.net    (mad mastermind of TMN-Netnews)

paul johnson